Word: notional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Princeton charge a bit of a problem. So did Princeton officials, who obviously could not crudely oust an H. R. H. Last year the Legation heard to its dismay that Boxer Prince Prasob, 18, was planning to marry a Manhattan dance hall hostess. From Siam King Prajadhipok squelched the notion (TIME, June...
...result of the White House conference was to increase the crop of rumors to the effect that President Roosevelt was dangerously close to losing control of Congress. Without White House sanction the Senate had passed a 30-hour work week (see p. 12). Under the mistaken notion that it was "emergency legislation" from the President, the House had whipped through a censorship bill that outraged the Press. Committee chairmen balked at sponsoring important White House measures. Democratic Senators could be privately heard muttering about "a President who thinks he always has to be doing something, right or wrong." The college...
...girls here--and their contacts are in New York. That's why some girls are 'date crazy.' They have not the contacts here and, being human, they like a good time. Consequently, when a phone call comes, it is welcomed. But many of the girls have the rather peculiar notion that college is a place for study--and so they do." --Sunday Post...
...Another wrong notion about canned foods is the idea that the liquid in a can of vegetables, like peas or beans, should be drained off and not used. Formerly this liquor was sometimes too salty, but not at present. That juice contains valuable nutrients, and discarding it is a distinct waste...
...last week, the notion of enlarging the cup had reached the status of an experiment, seemed a potential crusade. At Pinehurst, N. C. a group of golfers which included William C. Fownes Jr., onetime (1910) amateur champion and onetime (1926-27) president of the U. S. Golf Association, had tried 8-in. cups on a sand green. They thought it made putting too easy. The Pinehurst golfers then tried a 6-in. cup, planned a tournament to see if the members liked it. Eight-inch cups were installed at the Cavalier Country Club, Virginia Beach; Riviera Golf Course, Miami; Palmaceia...