Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussion of the O. A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable" on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may well match the grader's own mood. "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous...
...seems pretty obvious that in any discussion of the various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement which means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject might very well mean something to a grader. The true master of the generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads...
Speaking in a televised interview last week, French Premier Jacques Chirac declared that "we have no intention of giving in to blackmail." In an obvious reference to French warships headed for the gulf, Chirac vowed that "we will intervene" if Iran launched a military attack. Yet Chirac's room for maneuver is sharply limited. Any French military action could endanger the lives of the embassy captives in Tehran and the five French hostages held in Lebanon...
...rest of our group, who were several hundred yards down the highway behind the bus, we watched, as over the course of seven to 10 minutes, the white stream became a cloud of smoke, steadily increasing and turning black, until the fire in the engine finally became obvious. We all stood at a safe distance and watched as the bus quietly went up in smoke. Although potentially tragic, as any automotive malfunction is, no one in our group was ever harmed...
Meese did not seal North's office or secure any of the colonel's documents until four days after the memo was found because, he testified, there was still "no obvious criminality" involved. Alerted by his conversation with the Attorney General, North returned to his office that night for a shredding session that lasted from 11 p.m. to 4:15 a.m. Responding to questions about his lackadaisical dealings with North, Meese blithely maintained that the papers North destroyed were probably "irrelevant...