Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then you leave his question unanswered. . . . The board of trustees last July adopted the following resolution: "Resolved that no segregation of any individuals or groups of any kind on the basis of race or religion be allowed at any exhibition of the Freedom Train held anywhere...
...splendidly supported, understood that free-&-easy charity sometimes does more harm than good. The U.S. was prepared to help Western Europe, but on a businesslike basis. A lot of U.S. money and goods had already been poured into Europe-more than $8.6 billion since war's end. The question was: How much good had it done? From now on Americans were not financing any charitable pig-in-a-poke. There was not going to be any WPA in Europe...
...chicken and the egg. If saving eggs meant that the farmers would save grain by cutting back their flocks, who would eat the additional poultry they sent to market? If distillers and brewers cut down, what would happen to their unemployed workers? Unlucky Chuck Luckman himself pointed up another question. Turning up in Cambridge for a Chamber of Commerce dinner on meatless Tuesday, he sat down to a heaping plate of fried chicken (see cut). But what was the gain in simply swapping chicken saved on Thursday for meat saved on Tuesday...
...European diplomat in Washington summed up the reaction of many of his colleagues to current international developments. He said: "In the inner circles of our Government it is no longer a question of whether or not we are on the eve of a world war. The question we would like answered is-will the U.S. make its stand on the Elbe or the Pyrenees...
Twenty-four hours later, there was no doubt that MacPhail was out, though not, as he had first declared, "just because I wanna be." The question was settled at the Yankees' beery victory celebration at the Biltmore Hotel. MacPhail blustered in late, demanded a private room for his own party, began to celebrate with a tirade against teetotaling Dodger President Branch Rickey, whom Larry does not like. When one of MacPhail's friends defended Rickey, MacPhail punched him in the eye. His outbursts against his own partners made Topping so angry that guests had to break...