Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...talking to people themselves they went straight to those people who spend most of their time talking to others: ministers, personnel managers, employment agency heads, political ward heelers who punch doorbells the year round, salesmen, bartenders, traffic cops, waitresses, cab drivers, barbers, etc. One correspondent, who has found the method highly productive in the past, went around picking up hitchhikers to get their variegated viewpoint...
...which advocate a disregard for the sacredness of an oath, and which while seeking to destroy all the traditional safeguards erected for the protection of individual rights are determined to take unfair advantage of those selfsame safeguards." The Commission had to admit that "because of the secretive manner and method of their operation," it did not know how many subversives are in the federal employ today...
...chairman of the city's Police Commission, he sat in judgment on their appeals. Vancouverites were shaken by the unorthodox McGeer way of running a hearing: he paid no attention to traditional rules of evidence banning hearsay, opinion or conjecture. But they were fascinated by the dirt this method dredged up, particularly from a stocky gambler named Louis Tisman...
...Lord Horder, a firm opponent of socialized medicine, attacked Britain's new National Health Service Act: "We had hoped that it would be through . . . evolution, rather than through the method of revolution that is now being adopted, that Government would help us to [improve medical care...
Following practice sessions from the coach's launch, Bolles watches his charges for evidence of number one boat ability. Since some men can go through the motions beautifully but lack the power to make a shell go, Bolles has to resort to a trial-and-error method to pick his leading crew. "What counts in crew," he says, "Is how far you can push the boat, not how many strokes you can make...