Word: objectives
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Rugby in America is much like English rugby, except for the informal, casual respect of the American college players. The object of the game is to score a goal," which consists of a "try"--like a touchdown in football--and a conversion after it. The try counts three points, and there conversion...
Although the results of Hirsh's experiments have been published, no companies have shown any interest yet. "They probably object to the idea because of the appearance angle," commented the inventor. The devices are each 3/4 inch square...
...occasion, the editors and publishers who buy his strip also become bitterly critical. A few, like the editor of the Seattle Times, who kept Abner out of the paper because he seemed to be eating Pappy (in reality he was eating chicken), object to Capp's taste. But more of them criticize his political opinions, observable or suspected, as being out of place in a comic strip. Capp's reaction to such censors is violent. He is apt to cry that neither Mark Twain nor Will Rogers would be allowed to say a word today, and that...
...candidates in the current campaign have dared object to the McCarran Act on the grounds that it violates traditional liberties. This has been the argument of the C.I.O., A.F.L., and civil liberties pressure groups. Senator Herbert H. Lehman, who voted against the McCarran Act is one of the few candidates who has opposed the law on the moral ground that it is excessively repressive. Lehman's reelection, however, is reasonably assured...
Would they object to being called white by a newspaper writer who considered the fact worth reporting? If not, why do they feel that members of any other race should take exception to the same journalistic treatment...