Word: opinionizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wife who is a part-TIME reader answered 119 out of the 200 questions correctly. I, who read all the TIME, answered 148 correctly. When I say "correctly" I mean the answer was the same as the one you gave, and all the same. Any opinion or information of ours, correct as it might be, did not count so far as the game was concerned; "part right" was counted "wrong." J. J. LIPSEY Colorado Springs...
Discussing the uses of chemicals as war agents. General Fries said. "From what I can learn, it is the opinion of most people that chemicals are used in war simply to suffocate the opposing army or armies. This is quite untrue. The most effective chemical used during the World War was phosphorous, and it was used primarily for burning. Phosphorous was used to burn men, houses, and forests. In addition, however, it made a wonderful smoke-screen through which, not even those with the keenest eyes could see." Using an illustration General Fries said. "Imagine trying to shoot ducks through...
...failure to pursue a definite policy toward Nicaragua. Even a reader of the tabloids could probably explain the grounds of their contention. Surely one gets no evidence of a consistent policy from the utterances of the State Department nor the official spokesman," nor even from the Republican journals of opinion which seek to interpret these Delphic utterances to a misled public...
Those who hope for a more definite thought in undergraduate Yale are now considering the possibility of establishing a third college. Yet the success of such a movement presupposes the existence of a far more definite public opinion than is now present. Why not turn to the utilization of an influence already operative: perhaps the Fraternities...
While thousands of dollars are being solicited for the new Fraternity houses, many people, the fraternity men most of all, are asking themselves what fraternities accomplish. Without attempting to answer this question, it is obvious that if they accept the position of clearing houses of public opinion, there will be no doubt in any one's mind as to their true worth. --Yale Daily News...