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Word: wrongful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...missed the point can be called the Anti-Social Relations Set. This group has adopted the C-plus saga as a proof that all Social Relations courses are ludicrously obvious in their content and ridiculously easy to pass. To this group one need only say, flatly, "Gentlemen, you are wrong;" to argue the value of courses in fields such as sociology and psychology would be more to patronize the Social Relations Department than to defend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To the Grader | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

Whether they are right or wrong, the Union gals haven very definite ideas about the %2s who stream by the long counters meal after meal, day after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Some Freshmen Slobs, Others Real Gentlemen According to Union Gals | 4/29/1949 | See Source »

...been criticized by many specialists as being too superficial and watered down to be of much value." Roosevelt also revives the story of Professors Bruner and Stouffer's November lecture before Soc. Rel. 1a, in which they ruled out any possibility of Truman's election. "They were just as wrong as Mr. Gallup...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: 'Post' Winds Up Series on Conant With Description of New Harvard | 4/28/1949 | See Source »

...debris of the British Empire . . ." His own remarks to Roosevelt are sometimes genially humble ("I am so grateful to you for all the trouble you have been taking . . ."), sometimes confidently flattering ("I am sure that, with your comprehension of the sea affair, you will not let this crux ... go wrong for want of ... destroyers"). The blunt instrument is reserved for extreme use: "Mr. President, with great respect I must tell you that in the long history of the world this is a thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Web & the Weaver | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...field of 30 hopefuls started, and most were clocked in at the finish line, but one fellow took a wrong turn and was last seen heading in the direction of Natick. As only one machine was entered in the balloon-tire class, the lucky-- and unidentified--rider really hit the jackpot. He won a generator set, saddle bag, and carrier, the first three prizes in his group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anderson Wins Schwinn in Windy Wellesley Bike Race | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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