Word: foul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poor. It is, only a remarkable grouping of special psychological conditions that brings about this miscarriage. The trial was begun in an atmosphere of fear and hatred toward men of radical opinions, anarchists, communists, pacifists. The land was to be purged of such poison by fair means or foul: "away with such fellows from the earth". That panic, with its follies and wrongs, has largely subsided; but these two men have been mentally placed in the dreaded class, and for many citizens it has become impossible to wipe out this first picture and replace it by a saner one, remembering...
West Virginians are getting what they want, always-national advertising. ... It is to be hoped that Mr. Otis will, after he has cooled off, withdraw' his-"Kindly cancel my subscription. I have never seen anything in print quite so foul as the Zweiger letter you so proudly display...
...tunnel in less than two minutes. . . . The problem of ventilating 9,250-foot tubes was more complicated than it would appear. Blowing fresh air in at one end and sucking it out at the other was pronounced impossible. It would take too long to clear the foul end in the event of a conflagration, and the percentage of carbon monoxide at the foul end would endanger life even under normal tunnel conditions. The late Clifford M. Holland won a mighty memorial by devising a system of four stations, operating 84 huge fans, to send currents of fresh air into...
Since 1905 a foul blot has stained the national checker escutcheon. In that year a team of British thinkers journeyed to Boston, administered an overwhelming defeat to the U. S. players. Last week in Manhattan the blot was removed. The U. S. team swamped the combined talent of England and Scotland, hopping to victory in each of the twelve rounds played...
...What is an appropriate punishment for a child who uses foul, indecent language...