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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nancy Langhorne Viscountess Astor is no prude but when onetime War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha (see p. 27) recently introduced the practice of paying allowances to soldiers' mistresses, she objected violently. Her objection was overruled. Last week she rounded up a delegation to raise the matter again-before new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lady Astor's Friend | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

Stafani said he had no objection to the present ratio of students to waitresses.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIONS OBJECT TO PUTTING STUDENT WAITERS IN JOBS | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

Dr. Trueta admitted that there is a minor objection to "closed" treatment: a terrible stench. Although it is best to keep the original plaster in place until the limb heals (usually from six to eight weeks), the cast sometimes has to be changed, when the smell becomes unbearable. Dr. Trueta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Plastered Wounds | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

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