Word: factually
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After he was stricken with infantile paralysis, it was a large part she played in encouraging his resumption of public office. She often traveled to get factual material he was unable to secure for himself. She conducted herself with great dignity and graciousness, oblivious to the jokes regarding her peripatetic leanings, ignoring the petty minds who tried to stir up scandals by her sons' marital misadventures...
...cost of that furious two-hour battle to the Laffey was 31 men killed or missing, 60 wounded. The Japs lost their six suicide planes and eight more shot down. In brisk, factual fashion, Lieut. Frank Manson, communications officer, told how it went, that morning of April...
Unperturbed. Boss Hague disregarded such criticism for broader subjects less susceptible of factual proof. There was sin abroad. (Hague is against sin: he allows no prostitutes, burlesque shows or nightclubs in Jersey City.) There was the city's youth. Brassily the mayor intoned: "I have never developed into a reformer, but I have always tried to set an example for the younger folk...
...Brown agreed, called in WLB officials as additional faculty, and embarked on an 18-week course of weekly classes. Taking off in rough weather just after Douglas had lost an NLRB election to the C.I.O., with many of Douglas' supervisors strongly antiunion, Wanous and Brown's factual, informative discussions were so successful that the C.I.O. promptly asked for classes for its organizers, shop stewards and unit chairmen...
...determining how the tests can be used for admitting returning veterans. The examinations are of the machine-scored, multiple-choice type. They are not easy tests, but they have been designed for the man whose formal education has been interrupted, and hence require ability and aptitude rather than factual knowledge...