Word: reject
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...true or not, has become the singlemental passion of the college man indeed, his single mental ability; that, although he may appear saturated with knowledge, he has been given no real intelligence for he knows not when to doubt and when to accept truth, nor can he reject false suspicions and fallacious arguments; in other words, that he displays no judgement or wisdom, only the conceit of intelligence and the obsession of doubting; and that his natural faculties of mind, judgment and wisdom, having been so impaired, he constitutes a menace to himself and to society. . . . E. O. Bassett...
...Henry Ward Beecher said, forty years ago, 'If to reject God's revelation of the Book is infidelity, what is it to reject God's revelation of Himself in the structure of the whole globe?' With that learned preacher men of science agree when he stated that 'the theory of evolution is the working theory of every department of physical science all over the world...
...judged from a statement by Deputy Louis Marin: "M. Caillaux's failure is the best thing that could have happened to us. I think he must have sought it himself when he saw he was rushing into an inextricable situation. The Government undoubtedly and the Parliament certainly will reject the proposals he is bringing...
...appeal, of its subtly pulled punches, of its tragic ending. They seemed to miss the brilliant economy, the unfailing feeling for composition, the somewhat abstract treatment of a legendary story. Probably they are movie critics be- cause they reflect tastes of the movie public. This public will probably reject Siegfried; but this rejection slip in no way implies lack of cinematographic merit...
...House of Lords has no power to reject the bill, and Royal assent may be given whether the Lords pass it or not. /FOOTNOTE...