Word: inference
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after the seizure. "The President said he would abide by whatever Congress did," said Perlman. "He made that crystal-clear." Birdlike little Justice Frankfurter squeaked in agitation. "Are you suggesting that because Congress did not act that that confirmed the President's action?" he asked. You could infer, said Perlman weakly, that Congress was content to let the President's action stand...
...training to defend their country and the dignity of all Americans. It is the practice of the Communist Party in this country today to knock the military profession as much as possible, and it is also the great joy of pseudo-liberals to do likewise. I do not infer that Mr. Kameny is either of these, for it may just possibly be that he does not understand the purposes of ROTC, or it may even be that he is simply incapable of understanding...
...both of which would be annihilated by the inevitable revolution in the textile industry that his invention would cause. To avoid this overproduction crisis, the fabric gets suppressed, and the consumer gets it in the neck. Actually this film may soothe a lot of nasty old mossbacks, who may infer that government intervention is necessary only when Alec Guinness comes along and invents a material which will throw a whole segment of the economy on the rocks...
Friends and admirers of the flamboyant MacArthur have been prompt--even eager--to point out minor factual inaccuracies in the present work, and thus to infer that the whole book is a shoddy job. Tbis will just not do; there is too much well-documented and relevant material that could only be refuted by a detailed counter-analysis of the general's motives and actions...
...Bevis' first step has been to deny a Quaker pacifist the right to speak at Ohio. Perhaps Dr. Bevis does not like Quaker pacifists. But to infer that the Quaker's purpose was "the overthrow of our government" is palpably ridiculous. The "overthrow" idea, however, was the trustees' criterion for curbing freedom of speech, and it was thus what Dr. Bevis had to adhere to in his ban. As a state institution, it is natural that Ohio's trustees and Dr. Bevis should try to determine what constitutes inciting to overthrow. But it is not their business...