Word: unsound
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said that to erect a temporary house with single bedroom would cost $4200, while a two bedroom unit would come to approximately $5400. As the houses depreciate rapidly in value and the need for low rental rates is a prime consideration, Neville indicated that the project may be financially unsound...
...featherbedding principle of more pay for less work is unsound. . . . [There will be no depression] if the people of our country are willing to work for the things they would like to have...
This week, Jim Forrestal went before the Senate committee and began his counterbattery fire. Conceding that unified command in the field was essential for operating efficiency, he still would not admit that the principle was valid in Washington. He feared that the proposed "departmental colossus" would be militarily unsound, and too much for one man to administer...
What Goes Up ... In the 30s Hammerstein went into a tail spin. Called to Hollywood when sound pictures started up, he helped turn out some very unsound ones. Back on Broadway, he had one or two mild successes and a string of flops. And then came Oklahoma...
...tried to drive Ingrid mad in "Gaslight" to gain her wealth. Similarly accented Paul Lukas tries to pull the same stunt in "Experiment Perilous," but with no apparent motive. Almost as a trick ending, it develops that a page has been substituted in this carbon copy: Lukas is mentally unsound, which doesn't really change much...