Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would admit only good students, the "more acquisitive" and would exclude "not a few boys of sterling qualities", yet its chief characteristic is that in the main it would exclude only poor students. The boys of "sterling qualities" who would suffer would be a small proportion. And it was obvious that some proportion of the applicants must suffer as soon as it became apparent that it was necessary to limit the enrollment...
...Antecedent. "Our Government overtaxed its people last year and we find a surplus on hand of $350,000,000. It is perfectly obvious that no Government has the right to overtax its people...
AREN'T WE ALL?-Strictly English satire on the more obvious impossibilities of the marriage custom...
Notwithstanding Shugrue's unlucky disability in the first round, it was obvious Moran had not met his match. The latter's improvement since his illness a year ago is little short of startling. With the possible exception of Lew Tendler in 1922, he is the most logical contender in several years for the throne of Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard. Unhappily for him, Benny's habit is to render contenders decidedly illogical in actual combat. Moran and Leonard will probably meet next Summer in an outdoor fight...
...Rise of Rosie O'Reilly. George M. Cohan is responsible for this obvious "defy" to the Ku Klux Klan. He has been responsible for several others from the same mould in the past few seasons...