Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Experience may or may not prove that he was wise in his decision. Even the most enthusiastic advocate of a university education for an undergraduate, (and I think I am thus to be classified) could not fail to recognize that for certain individuals other institutions of higher education might be better. It is of great importance to this country that this varied choice continue to be offered to the student fresh from school. Each type of institution must proceed along its own particular path of development without trying to copy another...
...that the Gallup Poll is meaningless in its results on most questions, although I have yet to see or hear of any person interviewed by a Gallup Poller, but I do assert that the Gallup Poll on conscription on which you rely is meaningless because it is weighted. You fail to point out that the question asked was: "Do you think every able-bodied man 20 years old should be made to serve in the army, navy or air force for one year?" I submit that this is a vastly different thing from asking the public whether it favors peacetime...
...fail to consider England as the most direct violator of our destiny," shouted Arriba. "Spain was first a neutral, then nonbelligerent, and now is physically on the verge of battle...
This region became a prime target last June when Hitler began his air siege of Britain. Bombers flying overhead could hardly fail to find some industrial mark that was worth demolition, some spot on the network of railroads, rivers and canals where the flow of munitions could be tied up by well-placed explosive...
...Minister has for weeks been under great popular pressure to get out. But Chamberlain is still head of the Conservative Party, controls the dominating Conservative bloc of 374 in the House of Commons. Last week, however, suffering aftereffects of an intestinal operation, he had an excellent explanation should he fail to return to his office...