Word: gainsay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...widespread economic difficulties of the Communist bloc. There were economists, of course, who complained that one nation's boom was racing too fast, that another's was losing headway, or that still another's could not continue without strong medicines. But no one could gainsay the fact that most free, industrialized nations stood clear of crucial economic problems-while the Soviet Union's wheat crop failed, Red China's economy continued to falter at bare subsistence levels and Cuba proved a good showcase of how to ruin an economy in a hurry...
...board of death of dead soldiers and dead animals-of dead soldiers in blue, and dead soldiers in grey-more marvellous to me than anything I have ever seen in war-are a ghastly and shocking testimony to the terrible fight of the Second corps that none will gainsay. That corps will ever have the distinction of breaking the pride and power of the rebel invasion...
...heritage, ignores his learning and betrays his obligation. Certain other societies may respect the rule of force-we respect the rule of law . . . No one can deny the complexity of the problems involved in assuring to all our citizens their full rights as Americans. But no one can gainsay the fact that the determination to secure those rights is in the highest traditions of American freedom. In these moments of tragic disorder a special burden rests on the educated men and women of our country-to reject the temptations of prejudice and violence, and to reaffirm the values of freedom...