Word: faintest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wheel of the trim little schooner Sewanna, the best yachtsman the nation ever had for President put out from Pulpit Harbor, Me. early last week with Sons James, John and Franklin Jr. for shipmates, a crew of two. "I haven't the faintest idea where I'm going, except to work to the east'ard," he told newshawks before casting off. "I'm just going to loaf and have a good time...
Hypnotized persons have such acuity of sense that they can detect the faintest whisper, the slightest odor. The unconscious mind is a wonderfully accurate timekeeper, as posthypnotic suggestion demonstrates. If during hypnosis the suggestion is made that at a certain time, long after waking from the trance, the subject take off his shoes or burst into tears, he will usually do so precisely on time, though he may not have looked at his watch for hours...
...covered the "Nerve Congress." Is she blonde or brunette and are all doctors of the Adonis type merely because they are doctors? I know a large number of doctors?and psychiatrists?of national renown, and I sincerely believe there is none among the group who has the faintest concern for his personal beauty...
...seven general officers who really run the U. S. Army have for the past three months been having landlord trouble. Neither Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, nor his Deputy, nor the other five members of the General Staff, had the faintest idea how much longer they would be in Washington. And while leases of the military at the Capital all contain a one-month's-notice clause, none of the staff or their aides knew what month to give notice...
...With no faintest hint of scandal, the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry are now said to have "seduced" Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald. It is they who enticed the silver-haired Scot out of dingy surroundings in which he moved even three years ago, launched him in Mayfair's glittering swim...