Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eisenhower also takes the blame for his obvious errors in the Tunisian campaign, but makes out a good case for his temporary collaboration with Darlan. Not only was he bound by political directives that the French in North Africa were to be treated as neutrals, not enemies, but Robert Murphy's intelligence for the U.S. State Department on General Henri Giraud proved faulty. A great deal of effort went into prying Giraud out of Vichy territory, only to have him insist on having Ike's job or none at all. Finally Giraud changed his mind...
...side of Palo Alto. The poets laureate of Bow Street usually turn out pretty priceless stuff, and this is some of it. Scattered elsewhere in the program are reams of strange pictures, and several short A. A. News-like articles which all have the good quality of not being obvious at first. One of the best features of any parody is its subltety; the Lampoon has ably met this requirement. And if you want to know how the Harvard-Yale gridiron rivalry began, there is a burlesque history of that...
...Dewey Campaign Strategist Ed Jaeckle: "It was obvious all along that Dewey was carrying a lot of excess baggage-excess baggage like Taft, "Curly" Brooks, Ball, Robertson, and the rest of them. The [voters] ... apparently figured Dewey would have a hell of a time with those people and that this was the time to clean them...
...Patriarch Alexei to bring all the Eastern churches "home." to Russia. The Turkish government (unofficially Moslem) unofficially indicated that it would be "very, very satisfied" by Athenagoras' election. The only opposition came from those who opposed the election of a non-Turk or who resented the obvious political interest of the Turkish government and the Western nations...
Meanwhile, six students yesterday wired the Brown Daily Herald that they consider Brown's suspension of 12 students Thursday "too severe" a punishment. The Brown men had smeared Widener's columns with brown paint, a stunt which the telegraphers called "an obvious juvenile prank...