Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liberty to talk with anyone you please. You are at liberty to see anything you want to see. You will not be hampered by a police guard unless you want it. And you will have to ask for it if you do want it." Replied the Shah with obvious warmth and pleasure: "Tonight, Mr. President, as your guest at Blair House, I know I shall sleep well and dream true, for I shall be in the house of my friends...
When U.S. railroads lost $560 million on their passenger business last year, it was obvious to railmen that something was wrong-and that something had to be done. The Eastern railroads, which had already had fare increases of 28% in about three years, thought that the answer lay in still higher fares. They asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 12½% boost. Last week they got it. But the increase apparently did not solve everything; the news that it had been granted merely started everyone asking again: "What's wrong with the railroads...
...should be perfectly obvious what this means. It means that Yale men, and Princeton men, and alumni of almost every other college in the country, are getting boys interested in going to their school...
Before a touchdown was scored this season, the experts spotted Notre Dame and Oklahoma as football teams most likely to succeed. With steady and sometimes brutal authority, the two giants of the midlands stood the test. As the season progressed, two less obvious candidates-Army in the East and California in the Far West-rose to join them as the big four of college football. Last week, with season's end in sight, the big four marshaled their manpower against a common enemy: overconfidence...
...Navy has an interest also in the political beliefs of its officers and men. Why it has such an interest is obvious. If a man's loyalty belong wholly or in part to the government of another country, he will not be an effective fighter in a war against that country. The right the navy has to take this interest is the right to know the competence of each man employed in guarding the security of our country...