Word: profession
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...findings in general, Louisville Courier-Journal's Publisher Mark Ethridge concluded: "A complete denial of the democratic process and a complete humiliation of all people who profess any faith in democracy...
From the lines at Patras, the New York Times's A. C. Sedgwick wrote: "The E.L.A.S. holds sway through force of arms. . . . Undoubtedly there are many in the E.L.A.S. who are hardly conscious of the aims of the party's innermost core, but those who profess to know them see endless complications in store from a new type of tyranny that, they say, has already been manifested. Some say that the people suffered as much from the excesses of the E.L.A.S. in browbeating them into Communism as from the Germans...
Sirs: ... I am interested in the young lady with the phenomenal teeth [TIME, July 17]. Though I do not profess to know what Dr. Barker might mean by "all the specifications,'' I do know that my teeth seem to be nearly perfect, and are considered quite unusual by my dentist. Contrary to the experience of Miss Price, however, I have always liked candy, ice cream, pie, and fruit, and have consumed plenty in my lifetime! IDA D. RICHARDS...
Senator Connally (growing impatient); "In looking into his private crystal ball, the Senator may be able to see the solutions to all problems. . . . The Senator from Texas does not profess any such vision or any such knowledge. . . . Mr. President, this question is greater than political parties. It is greater than the Democratic Party. It is greater than even the Republican Party. This is a great world problem and I do not wish to treat it from a 'peanut' attitude. . . . There ought to be an American attitude...
...little wax figures he made to help him with his sculptural paintings, and a few of the charming, swift sketches he always made in oil, even for his watercolors. One of these paintings, Salutat, represented his famed boxing series, which he painted before gentlemen were supposed to profess an interest in pugilism. Another, The Biglen Brothers Turning the Stake, represented his equally famed rowing series. The Artist and His Father Shooting Reed-Birds, attested Eakins' artistic mastery, his lifelong love of the outdoors. The Swimming Hole (see cut) established Eakins as a superb U.S. painter of nudes...