Word: omit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...motor innervation," i.e., they are quick on the draw. With this advantage, Dr. von Hentig thinks, it is no wonder that they rose to prominence in the shooting business. "The frontier was an all-male society," the report adds, with a hint of regret. "It was therefore easy to omit the issue of the red-haired woman...
...should know those fascinating historical myths and legends that have become a part of American folklore. . . . Some of these myths stimulate affection for our country, or an appreciation of its leaders or institutions. Unfortunately, there has been a growing tendency for the history textbook and the history teacher to omit . . . legends in the classroom...
Zechariah Chafee patiently countered: to omit censorship from its discussions would leave the conference "playing Hamlet without a Prince of Denmark." Lomakin smiled. Chafee conceded that some U.S. newspapers might slant the news or be guilty of inaccuracies and omissions, but Government selection of what is news "could be equally wrong." He smiled wryly at Lomakin as he quoted Russia's Leo Tolstoy: "The thought of censorship hangs over me like a cloud, and the years slip by with nothing done...
...proposed draft of Articles One and Two of the new constitution cover the methods of nomination and election in the Houses extensively, but omit the section dealing with the composition of the Council, since, Weld said, this question will eventually be decided by the student body...
...failure of modern novelists since, and including, James Joyce is one of presumption and exorbitance. They are not content with the artificial figures which hitherto passed so gracefully as men and women. They try to represent the whole human mind and soul and yet omit its determining character-that of being God's creature with a defined purpose...