Word: paradoxe
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...Novelist Fast, George Washington has the fascination of paradox, some of the strength of paradox resolved. The man who was to lead one of the most important
...Paradox of the month was offered by the railroads: May carloadings dipped 4.3% below the 1941 level, though the carriers are hauling far more freight far more miles than ever before. Revenue ton miles for the first two months of this year were up 31% over 1941, 83% over 1939, and 17% over 1929 (when the roads had 7,400 more locomotives and 500,000 more freight cars...
Perhaps the biggest paradox of the entire production is the fact that the finest acting is done by a Yale man. Edmon Ryan, in the part of the lawyer who eventually solves everyone's problems, plays his role with a sureness that is quite refreshing and which stands out more than do Miss Corio's obvious charms...
This, exploded Senator La Follette, was "the most startling exposure of prostitution of the patent laws . . . ever seen." Yet it was also, perhaps, a perfectly legal use of the monopoly that a patent grants to its owner. It floodlights the paradox of patent protection v. restraint of trade-and the lengths to which large corporations will go to avoid lawsuits and "destructive" competition...
Altogether, it was a strange situation. On the surface, the German Fleet was hiding in its snuggeries. The paradox under this fact was that the Nazi Fleet was actually on the offensive, the British Fleet on the defensive...