Word: contradicts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...extension of the "peacetime" draft, three months before Pearl Harbor, the majority margin in the House of Representatives was a single vote. Even today, the cries of indignation and alarm which may be heard constantly on both sides of the political fence seem to the casual observer to contradict any assumption of popular agreement...
Time and again, witnesses were allowed to contradict themselves and change their stories without reproof. Sample: Thief Willie Manoch testified that Jungschlaeger brought an arms-laden ship into Djambi in May. The defense replied that, due to low tides, the river port could not be entered in May. Said Manoch: "Oh yes, that's true. It was in October.'' Soothed the prosecutor: "One can make a mistake." Jungschlaeger himself pointed out that the Americans, Dutch and British were supposed to be involved in this "secret" operation. "And why then," he cried, "am I standing here alone, like...
...Last year, children seemed to hold the lead, but this year, apparently, the imbeciles have taken over. Realizing that these subjects are easier for developing writers to work with, one still wishes that they would occasionally, tackle something more mature. The current issue of the Advocate, however, seems to contradict this preference, for the two best stories concern an idiot and a retarded hillbilly, while the one supposedly mature characterization is a dismal failure...
...Search for Bridey Murphy, and indicated that he was afraid to face the issues involved. Although they have not had time to check all of Bridey's story about her life in Ireland in the last century, there is little, if anything, which the searchers have found to contradict...
These actions to undermine the activities of two groups flatly contradict the common-sense rules that should govern College groups. Above-board disagreement and rivalries are fine, but underhanded efforts to subvert another club's speakers and activities should certainly be prohibited. This is so obvious that it should not have to be repeated, but evidently there are those presently leading College organizations who do not accept common standards of fair play. If every group employed tactics similar to those of the Republican head, student activities would find speakers leaving Harvard to its bickering politicos...