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Word: uproars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...case of war with Russia, in which case Britain would be assured of prompt and effective U.S. help; 2) the Atomic Energy Act would have to be changed if bombs are to be exported; 3) if Russia heard about such a move, there would be a terrible uproar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: Urgent Shriek | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...guilty? Humanitarians and moralists have argued over such cases as Long's for years.* But in spite of the well-intentioned uproar in favor of euthanasia, no civilized country distinguishes in law between "mercy killing" and murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Goodbye | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...that they had run out of ideas; nothing so untechnical as that. The fact is that some students--and any Technite will swear they were from Harvard--took advantage of the uproar to perpetrate a nefarious crime, namely the theft of a plate from the bridge which bears the solemn designation "Harvard Bridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Techmen Drop Drive As Police Investigate | 11/30/1946 | See Source »

...uproar, the exchanges opened again. To everyone's relief, cotton started up again as manufacturers, buoyed by prospects of decontrol, bought heavily. OPA gave support to their confidence by taking off its 120-day rule. There were more gladsome rumors that cotton might soon be decontrolled completely at the manufacturing level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: The Big Shake-Out | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...week's end, RFC was still saying no. In the uproar everyone had lost sight of the fact that NHA did not know whether people would like to live in enameled steel houses even if they are made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Clonk | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

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