Word: directness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lerner writes editorials "like an elephant treading the dead body of a mouse into the floor of its cage." Liebling often rags the Chicago Tribune and Bertie McCormick, but wonders if it "isn't like punching the heavy bag. The Colonel is in the direct line of Dickens' Colonel Diver of the Rowdy Journal and of Elijah Pogram, who 'Defied the world, sir-defied the world in general to compete with our country upon any hook; and devellop'd our resources for making war upon the universal airth...
Raincoats and umbrellas blossomed, with H.A.A. programs taking over the rain shedding chore for those lacking in meteorological foresight. The Princeton band appeared in uniform yellow slickers; in direct contrast, the Harvard musicians pulled on assorted raincoats, sweaters and hats-or just sat taking the downpour in silence...
...student studying for hour exams in the Widener reading room early this week was interrupted when a passing bird scored a direct bit on the book he was reading...
...reduction would have an even more direct effect. It would immediately increase the amount of money available to be spent on a competitive market. Further price rises could hardly fail to follow the release of additional spending money through tax reductions. At a time when corporation profits are so high that stockholders can hardly believe the figures on their dividend checks, it is difficult to imagine to what heights profits would soar if corporations were relieved of any substantial part of their tax "burden." In view of the present high level of national income the argument that industry needs...
Positive action against Communist doctrine, Sorokin thought, should take the form of a vigorous battle of ideas, so that undecided middle of the readers "could see the superiority of our native ideals by direct comparison...