Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...once obvious to Mattoon's housewives that the anesthetist had baited Mrs. Cordes' porch with a cloth soaked in the same substance he squirted through windows. After that the number of his victims increased. Mattoon's ten policemen, who had been ignoring the archcriminal, now sallied forth at night, seeking they knew not what and not finding it. Chicago newsmen swept joyfully down upon Mattoon and wired leering accounts of The Gas Fiend, The Thin Man of Mattoon, The Mad Phantom and The Screwball Chemist...
Since the original Tea Party, Boston hadn't witnessed such an evening's entertainment as the junior officers threw this week-end for all midshipmen. Well, maybe the party wasn't just for us but from our attendance and obvious enjoyment it might as well have been...
...Joseph Morton, who was on the spot when the dusty, sweaty Reds drove their columns through the Bucharest streets. Said Morton: "Rumanians watching the spectacle had little to offer in the way of greeting, the great majority of them staring silently. Anxiety over the proximity of Russian troops was obvious among many of Bucharest's wealthier people...
...went on: the late CCC did the boys a great deal of obvious good: it built their muscles, taught them useful trades, order, cleanliness, discipline, respect for law. After the war, why not have a sort of universal military service with CCC vocational training thrown in? Mr. Roosevelt was not crusading. He merely hoped the U.S. would think it over...
Curran's political virtues were obvious: his appeal for the normally Democratic Catholic voting group, notably lacking on the State Republican ticket, his Manhattan strength, and his record in the Republican Party. But many a thoughtful Republican wondered whether Curran's best would be enough. Senator Wagner is 67 years old, but he has shaken off the persisting ill health which has checkered his recent years in the Senate with absenteeism. And Bob Wagner is still well-armored by his reputation as the author of early New Deal labor legislation. He has a steady independent following...