Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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People muttered obvious things about a "smalltown banker" being placed in charge of all national banks in the U. S., but Mr. Crissinger's ability soon silenced such mutterings. And none could gainsay the appropriateness of his further elevation, in 1923, to the gov- ernorship of the Federal Reserve System...
...supposedly the realization of a promise, now almost a year late, made by Dictator Primo de Rivera, to restore parliamentary government to Spain; actually it does no more than centralize the legislature in the hands of Primo himself. Its temper is typical of the revolt against democracy; its obvious aims are to institute a more efficient government, perhaps to emulate the Platonic conception of the state, modified to meet modern needs; but it goes no further than to cloak constitutionality with the mantle of despotism...
...obvious that in order to put the applicant in touch with a possible employer, the Bureau must have on file the information that prospective employers, will need. The age, experience, and even religion are all facts that the employer, and hence the Bureau, is entitled to know. There are others, but among these is hardly the budget of the employee, the amount of money he has in the bank, and where it came from. It may be argued that the Bureau is interested in the thrift of its proteges, and though this interest might be legitimate on the part...
...perspicacious the resemblance between father and son will no doubt be obvious. At least their business will be basically the same. As last year, the Student Vagabond will concentrate the major portion of his attention upon the flowers which might else blush unseen in the "Announcement of Courses of Instruction" and waste their perfume upon a few. But being younger, it is more than likely that he will wander farther afield seeking violets rather than daisies. Nor will he keep too well in mind the strict definition of a student. More often than occasionally he will merely draw a road...
...Paris preened herself for the advent of the "Second Expeditionary Force," certain U. S. citizens began to move away from there. Their attitude was well illustrated by a recent drawing in Life showing two men in conversation on a deck of an ocean liner. One (an obvious cad) says: "Of course, I hated to come home so soon?but I really couldn't bear to be in France while those American Legion rowdies are there!" To which the other (an honest and courageous gentleman) replies: "As I remember, you felt that way about it when they were there before...