Word: rebuff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...explosive Balkan problem was scheduled for consideration by the United National Assembly September 16, when the U.S. yesterday referred it to Secretary-General Trygve Lie after a rebuff by Russia...
...vain hands bent on sacrifice or clasped in prayer we see; The ways of God are not exactly what those ways should be. The swindler and the ruffian lead pleasant lives enough, While judgments overtake the good and many a sharp rebuff . . . And if great God Almighty fails to keep the balance true, What can we hope that paltry mortal magistrates will...
Undaunted by the dean's rebuff the Dartmouth newspaper proceeded to distribute polls at college dormitory and fraternity houses, and is currently running the results of its own survey in its news columns. Despite a general feeling among the Hanoverians that the plan is "condemned before it starts," most students hope the faculty and administration will give some consideration to the findings...
These records show, she added, that Bowser filed a complaint with the committee similar to the present action last November, describing a rebuff he received then by the Club management...
From its sizable British market, Hollywood got another rebuff last week. Said Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the export-conscious Board of Trade: "I am certain there are millions of [British] filmgoers who are anxious to see the best films from other countries. But there are limits to our appetite, both quantity and quality, and we also feel that exchange implies reciprocity." Unless Hollywood exports improve, he warned, Britain may well restrict them by imposing quotas and tariffs...