Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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High Chambermen, who had maintained a semblance of co-operation with the White House, pattered up & down the Chamber's corridors trying to still the storm of abuse. Henry Ingraham Harriman, outgoing president, keynoted moderately: "The chief objection is not to the basic principles underlying many of these measures...
Readers who think the modern novel is sex-ridden might find Ripeness Is All a case in point. But they would be hard put to it to raise a respectable objection to this solemnly hilarious japery. Even those who do not like English novels because they consider the English an...
Most of these theories form proper subjects of discussion in college classes dealing with the history and philosophy of government. Some belong properly in the study of economic systems and problems. No rational person can object to their being examined by the students. The only valid objection would be if...
The danger--and this inheres in all education--is that the student will become enamored of theory and either fall to recognize facts or reject them when forced upon him, Inexperienced minds too easily confuse theory with actuality, and, in particular, are inclined to revolt when reality fails to jibe...
In a baseball game between the two colleges a week ago Saturday an objection to an umpire's decision was registered by Princeton. The outcome of the game and, more than that, the league standing of a team, depended on the decision. It was a situation fraught with the possibility...