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Word: opinionated (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well Done" for your Aug. 4 cover and fine story on Admiral Holloway. Unquestionably one of the most cultured and erudite admirals in the Navy, it has been his practice for years to travel with a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, edition of 1914 or earlier, as, in his opinion, editions subsequent to World War I laid more stress on science and inventions than on the arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 25, 1958 | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...diverted public attention from the Adams-Goldfine affair -and boosted the President's popularity with the voters. The Gallup poll reported last week that 58% of voters questioned said they approve of the way the President is handling his job, only 27% said they disapprove (15% had no opinion). Back in April a Gallup survey showed 49% approving, 35% disapproving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Change of Course | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...edition of the daily Cordoba. As the pack prospered and multiplied on such fare, fines were imposed on loose burros and a squad of "burreros" was formed to round them up. The owners just waited and eventually bought back their animals at city auction for purely nominal prices. Public opinion would not stand for destroying the strays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Promised Land | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...rays and X rays, may already be at a dangerous level. So warned a 15-country United Nations scientific committee last week, after studying world radiation for 2½ years. Shunning politics, the experts voted against urging a ban on nuclear tests. As top scientists, they voiced a sobering opinion: "Even the smallest amounts of radiation are likely to cause deleterious genetic and perhaps somatic effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Too Much Radiation? | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...appears psychological. Many of them try to conceal their identities because they often find themselves shunned. Says one Japanese bitterly: "People are afraid of us. They think we are going to fall sick and become a burden, or contaminate them. We know now how lepers feel." In a public-opinion poll, 40% of Japanese questioned said they would not marry a bomb survivor; 80% of those who would said they would refuse to have children. But the most gnawing fear of the survivors was expressed by one of them: "Each morning when I wake up, the nightmare recommences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: 13th Anniversary | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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