Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over the very evident change in our country's cultural and amusement pursuits. When a supposedly enlightened people commence raising such types to positions of wealth and influence, then we as a nation have taken a long step toward fulfilling Marx's prophecy for capitalism. It is obvious that our churches, schools and parents have a monumental job ahead...
...strong feeling did send lightning charges of worry through Adams. Aware that he must deal daily with Congress on his job, Adams asked a colleague: "Will Republican Congressmen want to talk to me? Can I work with them?" It was obvious that he expected no answer...
Suddenly whisked into a TV quiz show and asked to name the most crime-ridden big city in the U.S., almost any movie-going U.S. citizen might say Chicago-except that cautious heads, thinking this answer too obvious, might take a chance on New York City...
There is no point in shooting at the moon unless the shooter can tell if he makes a hit. so all sorts of methods have been proposed to signal back to earth that the impact has occurred. An obvious way, advocated by Professor Fred Singer of the University of Maryland, would be to explode a nuclear charge on the lunar surface. It would make a visible flash, and although its crater would probably be too small to be seen with the biggest telescopes, it might toss up a vast amount of fine lunar dust. If the explosion took place...
...When the Detroit Tigers, picked to roam in the American League's first division, turned out to be a bunch of second-division tabby cats, General Manager Jack McHale did the obvious thing: he fired Jack Tighe, his genial field manager ("Jack tried to be all things to all men"), replaced him with an unknown named Henry Willis Patrick ("Bill") Norman, manager of Detroit's Charleston (W. Va.) farm club, who will be expected to twist the Tigers' tail. The Tigers responded by taking six of the next seven games, including four from the New York Yankees...