Word: ill
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...battle was by no means a foregone conclusion. The Navy's air chief quoted the British Imperial Defense Committee's retort to the theory that battleships are outmoded-if the theory proves well founded, a government that builds no battleships will save money; if ill founded, the government will lose an empire. Meanwhile, other Navy and War Department officials pointed out that the only warship ever sunk by planes was the Pantry, whose limited artillery prevented it from being a satisfactory experimental guinea pig; that if England, Italy and Japan knew battleships were worthless, they would...
...strengthen its hand in negotiations, the union began a campaign to dispel the notion that its members are an irresponsible lot given to ill-timed whimsicalities. First step was a display of testimonials to the courtesy, cleanliness, service, honesty & sobriety of American crews. Not the least expert among them was a wire from restless Cornelius Vanderbilt: "I have been up all night during storms and have never yet seen anything being destroyed by the crew...
...Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933 "the fears, suspicion, prejudice, and ill-will of the other days" were replaced by confidence and understanding and Pan American harmony was established...
...scale the heights at first but ill-discerned...
Died. Joseph Bradley David. 74, since 1916 judge of Cook County, Ill., Superior & Criminal Court benches; of heart disease; in Chicago. Bitter foe of Prohibition, easy divorce, the Ku Klux Klan, Judge David once tossed out of court a proposed injunction against fan dances. Said he: "Lots of people in this community would like to put pants on horses...