Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obvious, granting the Corporation's assumption that a "theatre and a permanent school for playwrights would not be wise" ultimately, that the administration acted quite reasonably. It stood opposed on theory to the plans which Professor Baker was anxious to perfect, and therefore it had no valid reason for making a special effort to finance such a development. Holding this opinion, the Corporation was perfectly justified in devoting its energies to the aid of those departments which in its belief not only needed assistance badly but were of major importance to the growth of the University...
...Solicitor General James M. Beck appeared to contend that the President had power of removal. The case was put over until Mar. 16 and, last week, the Supreme Court appointed Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania to appear at the hearing as a "friend of the Court," since it is obvious that the Senate has a great interest in the outcome of the case...
There are obvious disadvantages to having such receptacles about: some artistic temperaments might be crazed by the violation of the classic beauty of the Yard. I only beg them to compare the pictures. There is a proverb somewhere about the "lesser of two evils is there...
...business and politics throughout American history. Presumably Mr. Wiggam has checked up his statistics. To most of us it will be news that nine out of ten American leaders in industry and business have been college men. But assuming that the 90 per cent ratio is correct, it seems obvious that the figures need to be "weighted." Four non-college business men and technicians like John D. Rockefeller, Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford and Orville Wright might conceivably exercise a more far-reaching influence on economic development in America than four hundred minor "leaders" in business. Two non-college scientists...
...young man who lives and breathes only for syncopation marries into a dry-goods family with emporiums the country over. For four years he is bound by the chain store shackle. The family still regard him as a cheap actor, a low comedian, a gutter snipe. He makes the obvious burst and, as the final curtain falls, is headed for Broadway and a career of sound public service as a song-and-dance...