Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...collection of class-rooms. The man who has no time for his studies because his hours are consumed in numerous Boston engagements is hardly worse than the man who has time for nothing but studies. Neither one is giving anything to the University and the conclusion is obvious enough that neither gets anything in return...
...Power Plant which rise in grandeur, as it were, from the very heart of the Freshman dormitories, and dominate the entire surroundings by their size and height. They serve a utilitarian purpose to be sure but hardly an artistic one. And yet they must needs remain although it is obvious that they detract rather than add to the scenery...
...disappointments they were finally sole to get a coating of ice over the concrete floor eight hours after the first drops of water were sprinkled on the surface at noon on New Year's Day,--establishing a new record for laying the first cost of ice; the best obvious time of four days was made at the Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburg...
...result there are large taxes to be paid, most of which fall due in the calendar year 1920. But this year has been vastly different from the last; with the acknowledged diminishing of trade have also come the decline of inventory values, receipts and profits. It is obvious that the earnings of this year have been too scanty to pay for the taxes accrued by the previous year's bounty...
There are times when Mr. Leacock's efforts to be funny fall a trifle flat, when his satire or exaggeration are too obvious to "get across." Thus "John and I," "The Kidnapped Plumber" (except for a few brilliant flashes) and "Buggam Grange" seem somewhat forced. "The Split in the Cabinet" on the other hand is more successful in its treatment of the English political novel...