Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outside, Jerry Voorhis, who stuck doggedly to his membership until 1943 continually banged away at excesses in the committee. When chief investigator J.B. Matthews charged that Communists were using consumers' organizations in an effort to destroy the venerable American institution of advertising, Voorhis promptly tagged the report as sheer opinion. It turned out that Matthews was carrying a personal grudge against certain consumers' groups, and was strangely short on facts to support his statements...
Thomas inherited a standing committee that had clung to the House like the Old Man of the Sea and wouldn't be shaken off. It had spent around $700,000, and had over 200 file cabinets jammed with information on scores of organizations. And according to public opinion polls, it had overwhelming support of the voters. This fact, coupled with the flamboyant leadership of Thomas, seemed to indicate that the group which flourished even in the days of Roosevelt, would be a feature of American politics for some time to come...
...Contrary to common opinion," Dean Bender said, "it is not true that unfavorable mention of a student in a newspaper leads to severance of connection...
...Gaulle might return legally to office and the Communists decide to revolt. In this event, De Gaulle would have all the army and most of the police, plus overwhelming support from public opinion. De Gaulle would win quickly...
...first half, the Crimson carried the ball 35 times, Army 32. Howie Houston, in Coach Art Valpey's opinion, played "the fineat tackle game I've ever seen at any time." Phil Isenberg and Kenny O'Donnell, standouts in the two previous games this year, made those performances look amateur. Jim Noonan's shifty running outclassed Bobby Jack Stuart's. Doug Bradice, Sam Butler, and Bill Henry were all outstanding...