Word: objection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact," Briggs responded, "Greg did suggest Brockberg, but as I started to say, it seems much to be preferred that all seven of the full professors constitute themselves a committee to oversee the publication. They won't interfere with either of you, to be sure. No one could object to this arrangement because, after all, it was Greg's valedictory to his profession and to his old department." Briggs paused, then added, "I'm sure you'll agree that there is no reason for Professor Brockberg to learn that Greg had suggested him. After all,..." and Briggs gestured with...
From alumni, moreover, came letters protesting the "buffoonery" of the cheerleaders' gymnastic stunts and expressing shock that the figure of John Harvard should be treated as an object of ridicule...
...future bills, probably including a long overdue one for limiting land ownership in Iran and breaking up the vast feudal properties. Why was the Shah doing this to them? demanded the harassed and injured politicians. The Shah's reply: "I have a ten-year program of reforms. My object is to make our country a model country where basic freedoms will be extended. But one freedom cannot be tolerated-the freedom of betraying the country...
...Wednesday, Dogherty criticized the present Council as "composed of members. . . whose main object is to use Council membership to push personal political endeavors." The proposed inter-House committee, Dogherty feels, would eliminate this objection to a great degree...
...unfortunate that the Council is largely composed of members who lose sight of their constituency as soon as they are elected, and whose main object is to use Council membership to push personal political endeavors. Decisions are altogether too often made on a personal basis or by aligning with a political bloc...