Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speaking to an overflow crowd of about 1400 in Sanders Theatre, Gaitskell stressed the need for increased Anglo-American cooperation in this area of the world. He conceded that it might be necessary "for the United States to proceed without close and obvious cooperation with Britain and France," but asked for some consultation now with a gradual increase in the future...
Besides all the obvious material attractions the Club offers, many who go there think it offers something else which makes it more attractive than other clubs. One old grad put it this way: "To the graduate visiting the Harvard Club of New York City for the first time there comes the feeling that, merely by stepping through a doorway on West 44th Street, he has somehow been suddenly transported far from the noise and pressure of the city into an atmosphere which he had grown to think could scarcely be suggested outside of Cambridge... To the individual member, young...
...eleven men over eleven other men, must be played by people who want to win. But the Ivy League, as constituted in theory, is a group of colleges interested in friendly, healthful competition which will be a source of recreation to those qualified to play. In view of obvious attempts by alumni of the institutions to send the best players of their home area to their own Alma Mater, one wonders whether they believe in the original, "superior," Ivy League "way". Last November 24th, 40,000 people at the Stadium paid about five dollars a head to see eleven Blue...
...desegregating Southern public schools creates problems that can dismay the most idealistic of men. Last week, after five months of investigating the effects of integration in Washington, D.C., the four Southern members of the House subcommittee headed by James Davis of Georgia issued a report that, for all its obvious bias and sensationalism, contained some shocking facts about what a Southern city can be up against. Chief findings...
...biggest troubles is that the present system operates largely on the theory of "straight-line" depreciation, under which a company deducts a fixed percentage of the cost of its plant each year, e.g., 4% annually for 25 years, until eventually it recovers the full original cost. An obvious flaw in the system is that it makes no allowance for the speeded-up obsolescence caused by the billions going into new product research. As President William G. Laffer of Cleveland's Clevite Corp. says: "In electronics, for example, where there is a fast-changing technology, equipment is frequently outdated...