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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"President Roosevelt's policy is to keep us out of war, and war . . . would bring to this country chaos beyond anybody's dream. This . . . overshadows any possible objection to a third term."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Smiling Sphinx | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Next morning the President appealed to both Finland and Russia, said to both: "The ruthless bombing from the air of civilians in unfortified centres of population . . . has sickened the hearts of every civilized man and woman and has profoundly shocked the conscience of humanity." He requested an immediate reply from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Reaction | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

As it happens, of course, Mr. Greene's reason for his action is a pitifully puny-one. No one questions Browder's authority as a Communist because of this comparatively innocuous run-in with the law. No one seems to take Mr. Greene's objection seriously besides himself; it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD IS ATTACKED | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

There is an element of truth in your criticisms of the Peace Poll. Our tacit assumptions may have gone too far in certain cases. The notion that war profiteers do play a part in drawing the country into war, and the idea that a war crisis may be used as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

ON P. 71 YOUR OCT. 23 ISSUE TIME CALLS ROGER BABSON VENERABLE. THIS WILL MAKE OUR GREAT AND GOOD PATRON ANGRY FOR WEBSTER'S SAYS THE USE OF THE WORD VENERABLE GENERALLY IMPLIES ADVANCED AGE. MR. BABSON IS ONLY 64 AND IF YOU COULD SEE HIM RIDE WITH US...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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