Word: objectional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact that 14,000 college men are presumably trying out the new creations for themselves is a strong argument against the assertion that inebriation rather than gustatory pleasure is the prime object of their libations. --Boston Transcript...
...fact that dung was flung at the gentleman in question. I was present in Hankow during the hectic days of early January and therefore am able to testify that I personally was not aware that dung was flung, and can also aver that Butterick was not the object of such an hostile manifestation of the disfavor of the multitude...
...Smith ascended from his 15th story room in the Biltmore Hotel, Manhattan, to welcome President Coolidge, who was stopping on the 17th floor the evening he addressed the United Press (TIME, May 2). ¶ In a Safe in the office of the U. S. Department of State reposes an object which all good Democrats hope will be taken out in 1929, which many good Republicans trust will remain undisturbed till 1933. The object is the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Cespedes,* famed among Cubans as the Victoria Cross is famed among British, the Iron...
Today's game should provide a solution for the old question of physics, "when an irressistible force meets an immovable object what happens?" Only in this case it will be two immovable objects meeting each other. Neither team makes any secret about its strong defense. In 50 years of playing, with a game each year, the CRIMSON hurlers have allowed exactly 100 runs to their rivals. The Prince, too, has managed to limit its opponents strictly in the matter of runs. Both teams today will have to wait for a break, and when the break comes, the issue will probably...
...object in socker* to kick a round inflated pigskin into a rectangular net, known as goal. But human, feet often err; smite opponents in the shins, groins, stomachs...