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Word: unsound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Inaccurate & Unsound." On the same day that Stevenson was making his explanation, however, a dissenting opinion was registered by 16 prominent New York lawyers-among them Harold Gallagher, ex-president of the American Bar Association, and J. Edward Lumbard, one of General Donovan's partners. The statement issued by Stevenson's defenders, said the 16, was "inaccurate and unsound" because it gave the impression that Stevenson was required by court order to testify in the Hiss trial. "That was not the fact," declared the 16. "Governor Stevenson was not under subpoena or otherwise required to testify ... The only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Alger Hiss Issue | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Bank. Great Britain was in no hurry to free its pound in view of its disastrous-and economically unsound -attempt to do so in 1947 when Britain's foreign trade was way out of balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Comeback for the Pound | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Shrike is also exciting theatre. In the tense antiseptic air of a hospital wardroom, the horror creeps in as the man slowly realizes that it is impossible to prove his sanity. By subtly exaggerating all his slight abnormalities, the woman convinces the doctors that he is mentally unsound. And with their limited understanding, these psychiatrists add her reports to the man's attempted suicide to emerge with a neat and totally inaccurate diagnosis. From that point, they call anything he says the ravings of an insane individual...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: The Shrike | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

Here, at the Business School, one of the best teachings we receive is that it is unsound and even dangerous to jump to conclusion before having established a specific ground upon which to stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PETITIONS & PRANKS | 3/7/1952 | See Source »

...question poll. In addition, the poll tests athlete reaction to Yale policy ("Do you feel that giving Hickman a ten-year contract was a wise or unwise move on the part of Yale?" and "Do you feel that the elimination of spring football was a sound or unsound move...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Football Team May Select Coach | 12/13/1951 | See Source »

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