Word: tantamount
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...most thinking Americans, sympathizes with what Mr. Halberstam calls "the South's problems." But this does not mean that it must acquiesce in, and remain silent about, the South's hesitancy--and in some places (e.g., Mississippi refusal--to do something about its problems. Such would be tantamount to a denial of the very democratic principles upon which this country was founded...
...most thinking Americans, sympathizes with what Mr. Halberstam calls "the South's problems." But this does not mean that it must acquiesce in, and remain silent about, the South's hesitancy--and in some places (e.g., Mississippi refusal--to do something about its problems. Such would be tantamount to a denial of the very democratic principles upon which this country was founded...
...last week in New York, a newspaper columnist, bill Wallace, who writes in the World-Telegram and Sun, said Meigs was out-played against Cornell by a sophomore named Chris Hatton. This sharp criticism against the versatile Meigs was tantamount to calling McCarthy a Communist as far as the Crimson team was concerned...
...United Nations that would imply the recognition of any Communist aggressors' gains." Said Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh: "A cease-fire proposal without taking into consideration the distinction between the aggressor, who should be punished, and the victim of aggression, who should be protected by justice, is tantamount to encouraging international aggression...
...certainly you realize that being opposed to Senator McCarthy is not tantamount to communism," the brown suit intoned indulgently. "Why, even President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson are against McCarthy, you know...