Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hague. Congress of Europe (TIME, May 17) last week drew a word picture of the Princess listening to Winston Churchill: "Juliana sat leaning forward, her firm chin firmly planted in her firm hand, squinting a little, nodding a little from time to time as she followed with an obvious effort Churchill's not very difficult line of thought. Her mien was strikingly familiar: it recalled the American matron who had learned at Bryn Mawr that an active interest in public affairs was the duty of an educated, responsible woman, and who was not going to use motherhood merely...
...soundly sat on at the party's Philadelphia convention. As chairman of the platform committee, he had tried for a credo which would reflect the views of "oldfashioned American progressives." Instead, Lee Pressman, committee secretary, rammed through a platform which faithfully reflected the Communist line. It now seemed obvious to Tugwell that the Communists had taken over...
...year-old Lasker Awards are among the world's top medical honors. As prizes go, their value is small: the biggest single prize, given with a gold reproduction of Winged Victory,'is $2,500. Lasker Awards impress scientists because they are "working prizes." They usually skip the obvious, heavily laureled choices and reward men or groups who have done jobs that the public doesn't know much about...
...press should stop justifying Wallace by presenting the public with his pathological history, which is too obvious to be interesting. It is vital to draw the parallel between this character and those who eventually reaped a murderous harvest for their countries after taking refuge within a liberal constitution . . . You must show him, and prove him, to be what he is-primarily an opportunistic politician who is giving aid and comfort to those who are pledged to destroy our system of government...
...zest of triumph, she easily stole the show. Alley turned out to be the template for all the uncomplicated, uncluttered Grable musicals (Moon Over Miami, Pin-Up Girl, Mother Wore Tights) that have followed. For one thing, the picture provided ample opportunity for the contemplation of Betty's obvious photogenic attractions, especially in the sequence when she gyrated through a harem scene, clad brilliantly in sequined bra and panties, her legs shining and sinuous beneath transparent pantaloons. For another, it set Betty firmly in the character pattern that her public has insisted on ever since: the hot-looking number...