Word: rancour
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...into his own heart, Smiley knew that he was unled, and perhaps unleadable; that the only restraints upon him were those of his own reason, and his own humanity. As with his marriage, so with his sense of public service. I invested my life in institutions-he thought without rancour-and all I am left with is myself...
After the meeting, Dean Ford admitted he saw a considerable amount of rancour among the Faculty, although he added that some of the splits of last Spring now seemed less sharp...
...presented to the Faculty at its December meeting, but on a 141-88 vote it was tabled immediately with virtually no discussion. Yesterday's debate removed some of the resentment left by December's action; most Faculty members agreed that the new discussion had been carried on with-out rancour and in the words of one, "everyone made an effort to be conciliatory...
...responsibility extending beyond their own pocket-lining, the Hartley bill, passed by the House and awaiting Senate action, threatens to annul whatever facility in the art of resolving labor disputes has been acquired in the last decade. Opponents have charged that the bill is the product of spite and rancour. But even if it was framed with the best motives, the fact that it issued from a committee whose chairman was so interested in labor affairs that he attended exactly six Labor Committee meetings in ten years, plus the admission that corporation lawyers "sat in" and "made suggestions" when...
...long-vexed problem of the commuters--the source of so much rancour and quibbling--has now been satisfactorily solved, at least in its most obvious aspects--by the announcement that Dudley Hall will be remodelled during the summer to provide dining, study, and recreation rooms for the day-students. Brooks House and the Commuters' Committee have achieved complete success as the result of persistent and intelligent effort; University Hall has also cooperated, ponderously yet conscientiously. The new Center in Dudley Hall should end all agitation for the admission of commuters to the Houses by providing pleasant and comfortable quarters...