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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eskimo property is private but is constantly pooled. Straight gifts are regarded as amoral. Wives are habitually exchanged by the night, but any attempt at a permanent steal is liable to bring on a murder. They have no moral objection to murder, kill always from behind. The old are kindly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Stone-Age Winter | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

Objection was made to the report of the special Freshman committee on food yesterday in a petition signed by 20 student waiters from the Union.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN WAITERS SAY REPORT ON POISONED FOOD IS WAY OFF THE TRACK | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

Inclusion of the Ellender Amendment would in no way handicap the Administration's program of economic war against fascism. There has been no satisfactory explanation as to why it has become the object of violent debate instead of being accepted at once. Administration supporters have been suspiciously evasive, and the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ELLENDER ADMENDMENT | 3/4/1941 | See Source »

The idea was supported by many well-known national figures, including President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Dorothy Caufield Fisher, but several members of Congress offered strong objection. About a month ago army administration was restored in Sharon, and the experimental nature of the camp was destroyed.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students to Attend Dartmouth Meeting to Urge Revival of Experimental CCC Camp | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

" 'Save the surface and you save all,' a group of varnish-makers used to advertise, and may still for all we know. 'Make peace and save the world,' Colonel Lindbergh told the Senate committee. Save the shell of the city and automatically you save its core...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Objection | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

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