Word: contradicted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...means. I do not love the turbid Teuton--he was caught starting a war, and it is right that France, the sinless nation, should cast the first stone. But still less do I love that intolerance in our own political thought which makes us unable to contradict a gentleman, Senator though he be, without foamings at the mouth and manifestings of his (the Senator's) inner vileness to the sun. HEBARD PAINE '25. January...
...Daugherty should certainly know whether the employes in his department work as they should or not, and if he says they do not it is not for an outsider to contradict him; but even an outsider may be pardoned questioning as to whether this condition is wholly due to the requirements of the civil service. Every student of government is duly impressed by the English system of permanent civil service, and if he is an American he feels that he is not living up to the traditions of the study if he fails to wish that such a system were...
...turn to the gross furniture dealer; they might be permitted perhaps to appreciate the character of the plot a little sooner. It is almost as if the author developed his conception of the characters as he wrote the play. The characterization is never inconsistent; the author does not contradict himself but he seems to be so afraid that he will that the characters remain unformed until well on in the story...
...degree of interest in naval aeronautics that is surpassed only by the transatlantic trip of the four "NC" biplanes. Besides the desire to know the reasons for a flight which so nearly ended in disaster, there is also a justifiable curiosity concerning the reports of the journey--reports that contradict each other at almost every turn. The days of melodrama for melodrama's sake have passed; so that when, in these latter days, the life of a man hangs on the howling of a dog, and a matter-of-fact balloon trip culminates in a fist fight in a North...
...wish to contradict you most strongly by saying that America did not look with "anxiety" or "resentment" upon "the advance of the Red army upon the Polish borders." To tell the truth everyday America paid little attention to the Russo-Polish affair, being already heartily sick of the European muddle. But what irritates me here is your evident lack of desire to give the true historical perspective to this "Red advance," or your mention of Koskiusko shows you to be more familiar with your ancient history than with the living history of today...