Word: obvious
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Further, it seems obvious to me that no student could remain a member of both the NROTC and a subversive organization, since, in principle, the two are so completely opposed. There could be only two reasons for remaining in the NROTC while a member of a subversive organization: 1) purely to receive the money which the Navy pays its students and 2) to intentionally seek to carry the principles of the subversive group into the Navy upon graduation. Obviously, the Navy wants no one who is motivated by either of the above purposes...
...turning point, one of the more obvious of the season, came in the third period and eliminated an excellent chance to tie the score. Harvard took the kick-off opening the second half and went all the way to the Brown three. An unintentional clipping penalty stopped the attack, for the Crimson could never get moving after that. The Lowenstein-to-Henry "transcontinental" pass play produced Harvard's final touchdown...
...atmosphere of repressed hostility and resentment hung heavily in the room; it was obvious that many present still regarded his longtime espousal of unification as a kind of treachery. His predecessor, Admiral Louis Denfeld, who stood stolidly at Sherman's side, thrust out his hand, pumped once, said gruffly: "Good luck." After that, 38 impassive admirals-core of the Navy brass and of the stubborn fight for independence-filed past and went through the same, painful formality...
...high time, perhaps, that readers and reviewers take a positive attitude towards the Advocate. The tendency in the past has been to emphasize its rather obvious deficiencies and to overlook or underplay the genuine talent which now and then appears on its pages...
...vague air of triangle is developed in the obvious ways. The singing is exploited by an interminable series of shots in which Douglas cracks various glass objects with his baritone fortissimo, and the final scene when he breaks up an opera by getting drunk on potions designed to calm him down before his entrance. This latter episode gets its effect by his drunken degradation--a type of humor that is not attractive. Finally there are several subplots to bolster the obvious inadequacies of the main story: Douglas is the proprietor of a failing wreckage business; his father...