Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the "Amen," Mr. Dawes faced the chamber and began. It was obvious that he was a bit nervous. His voice was pitched high, was almost shrill. As he warmed to his speech (see Page 5) he spoke more rapidly. He pointed an accusing forefinger at the Senators grouped on the Republican side of the Chamber. He paced up and down and gesticulated fiercely. As his remarks became more pointed, a slight flush, as if of embarrassment, appeared on the face of the President. Secretary Hughes grinned. Chief Justice Taft looked puzzled. The Cabinet and Supreme Court appeared amused...
...into agreements. From what was known of his conversations with Premier Edouard Herriot, he admitted that British interest was bound up with the preservation of the Franco-German boundary, by which he meant that Britain could not tolerate an unfriendly Power in possession of the Channel ports and the obvious place to prevent an unfriendly Power from seizing those ports is along the Franco-German frontier...
...company was good. It teamed up well and ably supported the principal roles. One was not under the necessity of constantly remembering that they produced a new play every week and that after all this was the opening performance. It spite of the obvious need for cuts much in the last act could be omitted it was an interesting and colorful performance...
...taken up by agricultural efforts this spring to plant large crops at high prevailing prices, and by considerable commercial expansion. Also, the outward flow of U. S. gold continues. The Reserve has simply recognized the existing situation and, in a conservative way, endeavored to prepare for the rather obvious trend of subsequent future events...
...have just read the Feb. 13 issue of TIME and note what you have to say about Elsie Janis' Puzzles of 1925. It is quite obvious that performance did not appeal to you in the slightest...