Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obvious solution is the enlargement of the facilities for graduate study of business conditions which at present are available only at the University...
...most obvious defect in the show is the utter lack of substantial music. Tunes there are in plenty, but none carries a rhythm that lends itself to memory; several start out promisingly enough, but after the first few bars, falter and lapse into inconsequential airs. Notwithstanding this handicap, however, which is quite offset by a wealth of Billy Van comedy, the piece provides a non-brain taxing, enjoyable evening. And as for the French joke on the red card,--something not new but done in a different way,--it must be heard to be appreciated...
...Tufts and Pelletier are most conclusively proving. But carefully sidestepping politics will not improve it, nor will it give Socialists and I. W. W.'s any less ground for accusation and discontent. The profession of education is carefully avoided for its unremunerasive nature; the deplorable result of this is obvious...
This year's production, "They Never Come Back," which will be presented in Boston on February 18th, promises a greater success than its predecessor, according to the latest reports from the New Jersey institution. The obvious merit of the vehicle, which is described as "a modern musical farce comedy set in the atmosphere of Peru, the land of the ancient Incas," has already attracted 600 students to its support. The choice of the personnel from this number should insure a quality seldom equalled in the ranks of college theatricals...
...general terms it is correct to say that the railroads have practically exhausted the obvious and simple expedients for increasing efficiency and net revenue. The day of extensive and spectacular achievement is practically passed except in the few instances where the adoption of modern operating methods has been deferred. Extensiveness has given way to intensiveness. The general manager and the superintendent of today have fewer opportunities for reducing expenses than were open to them a decade ago. There is, therefore, an urgent need for young man with broad educational attainments, men who have been taught to think straight and whose...