Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Don't Be Beastly. In Oslo. Norway the Norwegian Society for the Protection of Animals made violent objection to the practice of calling war criminals "beasts," suggested they be called "devils" instead.
Conscientious objection (refusal to participate in war) is nothing new in the U.S. There were C.O.s in both the Revolution and the Civil War, when members of Christian groups like the Quakers, Mennonites and Brethren, in the belief that Christ commanded Christians not to kill, refused to fight in armies...
The Fund was designed to remedy temporary maladjustments in trade. The Fund would set a par value for all currencies in gold or U.S. dollars, require all countries to deal in each other's currencies only at par. A nation may change its currency value as much as 10...
There was another highly legalistic objection. According to the Constitution, a man who gains the Presidency by succession (not election) must be an "officer" of the Government. But the Supreme Court, in various rulings, has held that neither the Speaker nor the President pro tem are such officers.
Bishop Wand's new post is sure to please sport-minded Anglicans. Onetime president of the Queensland Soccer Association, he expects to take an active interest in the Fulham Football Club-"if I am asked." In Brisbane, he once created a sensation by announcing that he had no objection...