Word: retractible
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well ..." stammered Eulogio Gonzales, "whatever Mother Concepcion says is truth." And he proceeded to retract completely...
...said in 1920 that Will Hays was a menace to America, and I have never since seen fit to retract my statement. During my Presidential campaign, almost eight years ago, I dwelt repeatedly on a $15,000,000 'slush fund' which I accused the Republican Party of receiving. . . . There are untold funds that went to the Harding campaign fund, of which no trace will ever be found, in all probability...
Senator Tydings leaped up, livid. Senator Robinsop, himself only 47 years old and no weakling, strode to meet him. Senator Fess, Ohio's little fussbudget, rushed between the near-combatants waving a copy of the Senate rules. Senator Robinson had to retract his epithets. Senator Tydings sat down and chewed his gum again, glaring, angry...
Wishes to Retract...
...Wish-to retract my statements contained in a letter (parts of which were published in your columns) directed against your having a FASHION or STYLE department.t Your handling of this class of material in a recent issue has impelled me to do this...