Word: paradox
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Spring practice was the other thing that soured the man's mind and left him prepared to leave. The Yale de-emphasis caused both ends of his unhappiness and shaky position, in a great paradox. For at the same time that the grads of the Albie Booth era were refusing to realize that theirs was not now nor would ever again be the Top Dog, Herman was very upset by the spring cancellation, something he considered uncalled for, depriving him of his rightful look at the freshmen. The coupling of these two made him somewhat receptive towards any new deal...
...will be crucial; theoretically both candidates have an equal chance to get it. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture-merely applying the law and using the taxpayers' money-was able to remind farmers that the Democratic Party wouldn't let even nature "take it away." The surprising paradox is that the "ins" are able simultaneously to garner political credits from a disastrous drought in some parts of the U.S., and bumper harvests in others...
Said Skouras: "I think I can do more for my country in my private life"-a paradox which, true or false, lost nothing from its delivery in a steam bath...
...them spitefully. I don't think they ever loved the drought and the locusts that ruined their first business down in your little town of Hope, a few miles south of here-a drought and the locusts that really drove them to Texas and brought about the strange paradox in our family that I was born in Texas. [The Kansans rumbled a laugh.] But they accepted these trials and tribulations, and met them with courage and with never a thought of failure. They were a part and parcel of their community, of the philosophy that then governed our lives...
...paradox of the profitable company being worth less than $400,000, and one with steady losses being touted as a "million dollar value," fascinated the Journal. "Almost any day now," it said editorially, "we expect to see an ad like this . . . EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE. Over past five years has successfully lost $100,000 on labor and material costs and reduced sales by $200,000. Total 5-year loss personally achieved from all sources over $375,000. Available because I have done all I can with this company. Prefer company with conservative management needing shaking up. Substantial salary expected...