Word: certain
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...disheartening cynicism displayed by certain vociferous young gentlemen here at Harvard with regard to the present struggle in Europe is not. I earnestly endeavor to believe, a general attitude. It is a curious fact, and a tragic one for America, that so many college students do not identify themselves vitally with the issues now at stake in France and Flanders. For them--and for all those whose preoccupation is with the balance of sacrifice and benefits returned--the words of Andre Chenier cannot be understood...
...meeting in Weld Hall yesterday morning the Harvard Memorial Society was rejuvenated with the election of five Freshman officers. The organization had been facing almost certain death because almost all of the present members are to graduate this year...
...Yale 20th reunion book: "I would like to see the Nazis get the pants licked off them and the Stalinists sent back to the Kremlin... I hope the U. S. won't have to get into the war, but am not prepared to say that under certain circumstances American military participation would not be necessary and worth it." ∧ In the House, Ism-eater Martin Dies was lustily applauded for the first time in months when he launched a routine denunciation of isms and the C. I. O. ∧Its mind's eye swimming with "fifth columns...
Chromosomes are visible, but no man can swear that he has ever seen a gene. High magnifications have shown distinct segments along the chromosome's length, but it is not certain whether these are bundles of genes, or whether the genes occupy spaces between the segments. It is generally assumed that the genes are single big protein molecules, but that is not certain either. And the mechanism of the genes' heredity control remains obscure...
...Certain persons have been firmly convinced that Germany intended to invade The Nether lands. ... It was learned today that the con servative Army high command flatly refused to countenance any such action...