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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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But the Loyal Opposition had a few gasps of protest left in it before Labor's guillotine (TIME, March 17) chopped off the usual procedure of full discussion in the Mother of Parliaments. Tory Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe used the last few seconds before the deadline to tick off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sausage Machine | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

"Too many times have I gone home a defeated man." The speaker was Olin Downes, the occasion was the final discussion session of last week's "Symposium on Music Criticism," and the speech was an extemporaneous one in answer to some statements made earlier in the day by Columbia's...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 5/8/1947 | See Source »

The 66-page measure struck in three directions: at the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act, at the Norris-LaGuardia (anti-injunction) Act, at Communist influence in trade unions. Its chief points (see box) were long, strong and sharp. They were nailed down by stern rules and broad new definitions. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Challenge | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Whether or not such a course will work out well must remain a meet point. The lack of easily accessible material to choose from stands as one objection, and many will claim that such a method will create an even more spotty knowledge and understanding than would a survey course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 4/22/1947 | See Source »

The Chinese delegates, headed by George Yeh, a Kuomintang yesman in the Foreign Office, took one look at the neon-lighted map behind the rostrum and rose in objection. The map showed Tibet as independent and, they gravely protested, was it not internationally recognized that Tibet is a part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Pride of the East | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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