Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Briand. After hearing Mr. Chamberlain's speech, the Council adjourned for luncheon; and M. Briand had three hours in which to prepare his reply and to obtain a confirmatory statement from his Government in Paris. When the Council reassembled, it was obvious that the impression made by Mr. Chamberlain's well-reasoned reading of his Government's document was gloomy; as M. Briand subsequently put it: "I had the impression of being in blackness, in a tunnel where there was no light." Rising, however, in a later session, M. Priand, seven times Premier of France, vigorously assailed...
...these policies run counter to British policy in Egypt for vital and obvious reasons. Zaghlul Pasha would probably, if elected, have hesitated to put any of his policies into effect, for the simple reason that to do so could mean only war with Britain. But as Premier he would have been persona nan grata to the London Government, because, as before, he would undoubtedly carry on propaganda through his Nationalist organization, the Wadf, against the "usurper" of Egyptian rights...
American pictures have been a slave to these silly intermissions in the film, repetitions of facts that are only too obvious. It has been apparent for some time that the artistic power of the screen could never be properly developed until the pictorial art alone should carry the full burden of meaning. It is significant that European producers have dared this, and successfully. It is a definite announcement that America must yield to Europe the leadership in the art of the cinema...
...true end of knowledge is always use,'" said the CRIMSON in a recent editorial on this subject. "But before knowledge can be used it would seem to be obvious that it must first be acquired...
...temptingly obvious advantages of a cinema near Harvard Square are its accessibility and the fact that all carfares and time are saved. Against this are arrayed the numerous undesirable possibilities of a local theatre. The very advantage of proximity becomes a disadvantage, as a number of colleges have already discovered. The nightly "movie" habit is easy to form and attended with many harmful consequences. Then there is the possibility that a local theatre would be turned into a collegiate madhouse, with unruly riot, peanut throwing, and cheap witticism. The banality often shown at a Class Smoker would be there...