Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wrote to the Western Tariff Association meeting at Denver, Colo.: " I think it can fairly be said that there has never been a period in our country's history when so little of sectional interest entered into the consideration of this question [the tariff]. The obvious necessity for maintaining a proper measure of protection to American industry and production in the face of chaotic industrial conditions following the War has unquestionably brought us nearer to a national solidarity on this issue...
...sheer merit, these two most popular scenes scarcely outdo the others. The music throughout is so far above the level of the American vaudeville that one hesitates to apply that classification to the Russian counterpart. The voices are really musical,-except, of course, when they are intentionally harsh for obvious effects,-and the dancing, of which there is regrettably little, is interesting to say the least...
Aside from the fact that the pledge system of improving morals has hardly proved an enduring method of reform in college or community, there is one obvious criticism of Yale's latest action. It is characteristic of the policy of mass punishment for the sake of example rather than individual punishment according to the gravity of the case. And it is this policy, followed consistently since the beginning, which has provoked the telling accusation of boarding school methods...
...Crooked Square. Herein we find the inaugural attempt of the dramatic year to prove that a young and comely maiden from the country stands no chance on Broadway. At least for two acts such is the burden of the action. Finally the maiden accomplishes the obvious, tricks a gang of society crooks, emerges triumphant on the arm of the affable young hero. Edna Hibbard is the girl; Kenneth McKenna the boy. Both are normally attractive...
...blink or explain away an obvious business depression...