Word: gainsaid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good hands; given the proper facts, given the freedom of discussion in the market-place of opinion, given the technical know-how, the American people can be counted on to weigh all factors impartially, and give a rising vote of confidence to the pickle--a vote that cannot be gainsaid...
...succession. The validity of Methodist orders is denied by Anglicans, just as the validity of Anglican orders is denied by Roman Catholics. . . . Yet the Methodist movement has been used of God and God has been in it. There is a certain kind of validity here that is not easily gainsaid...
...same hearings, Massachusetts Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, instigator of the bill, said she did not know "a human being who is opposed to the bill," and no one gainsaid her. The only things that delayed the bill were working details: whether the women should be part of the Army or separate, whether to limit enrollment, what to do about uniforms, age limits, ranks, pay. The Senate will probably pass the House bill this week, permitting the War Department to employ up to 150,000 "women of excellent character in good physical health, between the ages of 21 and 45 years...
...setup, who determines the best way to head off the enemy. With him are officers in charge of antiaircraft, balloon barrages, searchlights and air-raid warnings. The controller, whatever his military rank, is supreme in his area. He shuttles planes about at will, cannot be gainsaid by officers in the field...