Word: willfull
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Secretary suggested that they set up some kind of "voluntary censorship" to keep willful or inadvertent "leaks" from reaching unfriendly eyes & ears. "Our lead over possible enemies," he said, "is often a matter of only a few months on the technical side, and it is extremely dangerous to sacrifice...
As a progressive educator, he has little use for the willful children turned out in progressive education's name. He tells the story of one student who arrived at school bearing a note to the teacher: "Please don't strike Willy. We never strike him at home, except...
Any willful destruction of Yale students or impromptu decoration of the Eli stronghold over the coming weekend will provoke swift retribution from University Hall, warned Wilbur J. Bender '27, Dean of the College, yesterday.
Like a mother fretting over a willful child's diet, beagle-eyed Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the American Medical Association Journal, keeps a sharp watch over the nation's food & drug habits. Last fortnight Dr. Fishbein was worrying about mineral oil, of all things.
Inspired by the discovery of paintings showing the fur trade, "Across the Wide Missouri" follows the climax and downward spiral of a gigantic enterprise. Beaver, a million coats and hats, was the lure. From 1832 to 1838 the industry reached a peak in both volume and competition. John Jacob Astor...