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"That is rather a dangerous theory to propound," said Mr. Orban. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
"Davis, sir," replied the man before the German could propound the question. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
"Let brother Pao-yü again propound one!" interposed Chia Chen, who stood by. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
I made this observation to myself, and as secretly would I propound the question. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
In particular, your phrase "views they propound" really does leave me in the dark. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If you propound the ID theory, you must follow it through and answer these questions. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Many of us have sat in this House over the last five years and heard the ACDP propound. From Wordnik.com. [Speech closing the debate at the opening of Parliament] Reference
Those who propound it have never paused to inquire whence come the fortunes of the rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
SOCRATES -- If it please you, then, I will propound a saying and see if you agree with me. From Wordnik.com. [The Inhumanity of Socialism] Reference
They propound archaic religious and social precepts rather than an overall coherent ideology. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
How about giving us the views on important issues which ALL the would-be candidates propound?. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Heckler To Romney: "You Do Not Know The Lord"] Reference
For those materialists who doubt that such an event ever took place, I will propound a theory. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
More importantly, we share a propound desire to see that no more lives are lost to terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2001] Reference
Let's face it, as a people we tend to like simple answers and strong leaders who propound them. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush] Reference
The critical reader may experience a desire to propound to me a question: -- 'Professor of what?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It is heartening to see you propound on the "act of moral maturation", as you so eloquently put it. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Responds To Richard Cohen Column About His Church And Farrakhan] Reference
And now in her fertile brain dawned a brilliant idea, which she proceeded to propound to the rector. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
Mrs. Hsüeh felt impelled, after the arguments she heard him propound, to deliberate with Pao-ch'ai. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
During the following week, whenever I became curious on any subject, I made notes of fresh queries to propound. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920] Reference
I am ready to propound a novel theory, and I am insolent enough to believe that I illustrate it in my own person. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
Now I won't be much more than a minute, and what I want to ask you, I can propound right here as well as anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story] Reference
He need hardly propound an inquiry; he had, indeed, best not let his great presence be known, for in the presence of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Come, then, take care that, whenever I propound any clever dogma about abstruse matters, you catch it up immediately. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds] Reference
My main purpose in writing, is to propound the foregoing Query; but while I have the pen in hand permit me to ask. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850] Reference
Others propound a weaker version: the necessity of the effect is hypothetical or conditional, given the laws of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema] Reference
Naturally, the historic opponents of Africa's total emancipation propound the notion that ours is a "hopeless Continent". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
I propose, therefore, O Phaedo, that you propound someone statement which all you who have been discussing the matter believe. From Wordnik.com. [The Inhumanity of Socialism] Reference
They must have spent the remainder of the past evening, after Cadfael's departure, preparing what they were now about to propound. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
One day, he made up a splendid riddle, and, after he had told it to all the gnomes, he hurried up to propound it to some human person. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
Cora was about to propound further questions regarding an excellent husband when the merry peals of laughter from the two ladies and the. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Tempted by the prospect of so magnificent a reward he repaired to the rock, and boldly requested the Sphinx to propound to him one of her riddles. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Mr. La Follette came to the Senate with the Fifty - ninth Congress, and no sooner had he entered that body then he began to propound his doctrines there. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
One only requires to propound these questions in order to see things would not go well for European dignity at any world congress which had to decide upon such claims. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
It answers almost every question that an intelligent person can ask, in respect to California, besides a good many which few intelligent persons know enough to propound. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
For some people concoct questions not for real information, but simply for amusement and to pass the time away, and propound them to talkative people, just to have them on. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
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