Word: paradoxical
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vines of America saved those of Europe and the antipodes. Virile to the point of coarseness, bursting with a health and vigor 100% American, they were rushed to the stricken vineyards of France and upon their robust stalks were grafted delicate, refined French shoots. Thus, by a stupendous paradox the U. S., which was to become dry, enabled France to continue...
...agricultural system where a literal interpretation of Christian tradition could well have been enforced, Youth is bound either to remain celibate under the pressure of the Factory Age or to draw up its own moral code. It prefers the latter, but is hampered by superstition and Victorian prejudice. The paradox of the educated classes with small familles being fairly well-informed of methods of prevention while broods of children infest the home of the laborer is the problem that demands solution by intelligent legislation...
...position to pass critical judgment upon the present legislation. They strike out wildly, vote for repeal when they have no conception of the effects of repeal, vote for modification without any picture of the legislation to be substituted, vote for enforcement without consideration of the paradox of the present conditions...
...then explain the paradox that, with little or no increase in the volume of business they can collectively expect to get, all the great maritime freight carriers are building newer, faster ships? Explanation: each is girding to fight with newer, more efficient weapons for a larger individual share of the bone which is admittedly not big enough to nourish...