Word: obvious
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Such painless prosperity has obvious political appeal, but Reagan may not be able to finesse the deficit issue forever. Mondale is continuing the attack he began at the Democratic Convention, where he charged that Reagan has a secret plan to raise taxes. As he declared in Wisconsin last week, "Whoever is elected, this budget must be squeezed and revenues restored. But the question is: Will it be done fairly? The question is: Who will...
While the delegation of freshman to one living area seems the obvious corollary to the three year House sytem for upperclassmen, some freshmen were mixed in with upperclassmen in the Redcliffe Quad houses as recently...
...Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Steve." And: "Take that Bible out of your trunk, and get up from those soap operas! Stop trying to watch Search for Tomorrow and search your Bible." Richard may not be making rock 'n' roll any more, but it's obvious the fire has not burned...
...past, reporters prepared copiously for floor assignments. This time, most of them found little need to scan the arcane computerized data, little chance to display erudition. Indeed, the interview choices seemed to be so obvious that on several occasions network crews were lined up three deep alongside such figures as Catania or President Reagan's Campaign Consultant Drew Lewis, turning the usual traffic jam in the aisles into human gridlock. Summed up Wallace: "There were two clear advantages to this assignment. One was that the layers of buffer between reporters and politicians were gone; they were all right there...
...fled into exile. In his infatuation with Tartuffe, the good, decent Orgon alienates almost every member of his household; yet when ruin strikes, they rally loyally to him. The crucial question for every production is whether Orgon (a role Moliere himself played) deserves this fidelity. Is TartufFe an obvious rogue and Orgon therefore a buffoon who should know better? Or does Tartuffe maintain at least a hint of plausible sincerity? The latter approach enhances the play's tragic and cautionary dimensions; the former affords broader comedy and a villain to hiss...