Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obvious, then, why dramatic critics delight in impaling a squirming situation on their argute pens and holding it up for ridicule with delighted cries of " hokum." A show that is " all hoked up " is obviously the work of a group of playwright, author and producer who lack imagination. They are feeding the audience last year's fare warmed over...
...disadvantages of the present structure are obvious to anyone who has driven an automobile through the Square. Traffic moving toward the Square on Boylston, Brattle, and upper Massachusetts Avenue must all pass through the narrow strip of street between the subway station and the south sidewalk of Massachusetts where it intersects with Boylston. The congestion is further increased by the street cars, going both east and west, which stop near the subway entrance and often completely block the eastbound motor traffic which is fed into the Square by these three important highways...
...part the decline may be explained as due to the usual exporting of American crops, especially high priced cotton. But it is obvious that the recent political ferment in Germany, the uncertainty as to the Kaiser and the Crown Prince, and the threatened breach between England and Italy on the one hand, and France on the other, have provided the basis for heavy speculative liquidation of European currencies in many of the world's exchange markets. In addition, there has probably been some shifting of European funds to New York for safekeeping, as well as speculative purchases of dollars...
...should be needless to point out that any information which can be given to the public, if it be correct and unbiased, must prove valuable in creating that background which is now conspicuous by its absence. It is equally obvious that the motion pictures have no rival for spreading any kind of propaganda; the best of the best sellers never reaches a fraction of the multitudes who see every widely-advertised "movie". And if historically accurate films are produced with the proper regard for dramatic effectiveness, as are those being prepared under the Yale authorities, they will not be shunned...
...remedies for unnecessary casualties are therefore obvious. In the first place, the miner himself must be educated by convincing him that an attempt to save too much time is certain to result in calamity. Next, competent and conscientious foremen and superintendants must be chosen. Since the government itself is responsible for the efficiency of its mine inspectors, inspectorship examinations should be made stricter. The operator ought to see that it is for his own good as well as that of his men's that his mine is a safe one. It is doubtful if the safety laws themselves need...