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Word: retractions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...called "blue blood" to the British Red Cross, but that latter statement is unimportant and you have every right to sneer at me if you so wish to do for giving what was so very much demanded in New York through the radio. But I must ask you to . . . retract the statement that I said or even went anywhere near saying that the English little refugees were "riffraff." . . . I have devoted my entire life to children, and I have taken an active part in the evacuation of our kids, and everyone who knows me realizes that this is a cruel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 25, 1940 | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

...recently you report the mayor of Atlanta as cautioning the people of the city not to tear the clothing off of the movie stars as was done at the premiere of Dodge City. A letter has been dispatched to the mayor requesting him to prove his statement or publicly retract and apologize; in other words, "to put up or shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1940 | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

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