Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Administration warily hinted at a further expansion of its foreign policy. Secretary of State Marshall wrote: "Enduring political harmony rests heavily upon economic stability." Under Secretary Dean Acheson,* speaking in Cleveland, Miss., was a little more obvious. Said Acheson: "When Secretary Marshall returned from Moscow he did not talk to us about ideologies or armies. He talked about food and fuel and their relation to industrial production ... to the peace of the world. . . . The facts of international life mean that the U.S. is going to have to undertake further emergency financing...
Sherrod's conclusion: "Despite the attitude of many Frenchmen that this is a war to the death between white and colored races, it is obvious that the French must eventually treat with the rebels...
...years of pinning posies on U.S. men of news and men of letters, the Pulitzer Prize Committee has never managed to please everybody. Typical complaints: the committee picks the obvious winners, it plays favorites, it confuses notoriety with merit. Usually the grumbling about the journalistic awards is confined to the city rooms; last week, in the Cowles Brothers' Minneapolis Tribune, it was right out on the editorial page for everybody...
...AGAINST THEM, WIELDING THE DEADLIEST OF WEAPONS RIDICULE. IN YOUR ISSUE OF APRIL 21, APROPOS OF NOTHING, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE WEAPONS OF ZIONISM, YOU HELD UP TO RIDICULE AN ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR AND A REFINED GENTLEMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON. YOUR SLURRIOUS REMARKS ARE NOT LESS OBVIOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE SUBTLE. BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL VOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES NOR DO WE VICTIMIZE THE FANATIC AND THE GULLIBLE TO RAISE HUGE FUNDS . . . WE CAN NEITHER HALT YOUR CLEVER SLANDER NOR HOPE TO CONVERT YOU TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUTH, AND THEREFORE THERE...
When it came to the vote, the Communists cast their ballots against the Government. But Ramadier won by a wide margin (360 for, 186 against, 63 abstentions). This was the obvious moment for the Communists to resign. They did not budge. Cried Ramadier: "You cannot enjoy the benefits of being in the opposition and stay in the Government at the same time -not while I am Premier." The Communists left it up to Ramadier to fire them...