Word: rebut
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...defense did not even take trouble to rebut this evidence, contenting itself with producing witnesses who testified that the lease was in the interest of the Government...
Asked his interviewer: "You know you are accused of being antidemocratic? How do you propose to rebut this accusation? What do you consider the principal weaknesses of the democratic system? And how do you think they can be cured...
...Harvard men as well as Hill and Scott of Princeton, who came to study the tactics of the Yale speakers. The rebuttal work of both teams was far above the average. President Hadley, who presided, said it stood unrivalled. In the main speeches the Harvard men took occasion to rebut more than did the Yale representatives. But the Yale men in the regular rebuttal speeches had a slight advantage. This was the first debate in which Yale has departed from her policy of having three set opening speeches. The forms of the Harvard speeches showed a certain emotional quality...