Word: overshoots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general for "a European philosophy . . ., state socialism," while he, the Republican, stood for "the American system of rugged individualism . . . diametrically opposed." It was a shrewd thing to try to do in the financial capital of the U. S. But it was a difficult speech to grasp. It seemed to overshoot the mark...
...overshoot a reasonable expectancy of service, would you kindly inform me of the precise meaning of the word "rackets" as used by your Cinema Editor in the issue for July 23, p. 31 in his review of The Actress...