Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nevertheless; but the situation was complicated by the reappearance of her long lost husband, who really wasn't such a bad fellow and had besides saved Mr. Grant's life earlier in the picture (Claude Rains tries hard with this part, but it's hopeless). The solution is obvious. The unnecessary husband was simply shot by the natives, after a manly scene of reconciliation with his successor...
...presence and the obvious influence of such a group is an intimidation to administrators and legislators alike. The knowledge of their power colors all legislation and action...
...Ruby Keeler tapdances, Dick Powell sings, and several fine photographic shots of Annapolis do much to relieve the tedium of an ancient story replete with flag-waving. Unless one can see intrinsic beauty and goodness in battleships, however, pleasure in seeing the picture will be marred by the most obvious kind of propaganda...
...answer and solution is obvious. The libel laws must be made more stringent. The prosecuting attorneys must be made liable to them. Newspapers must not be excused from them by the formality of an adjective. Idealism must be abolished...
Last week when Norman C. Norman turned up at the Electric Bond & Share stockholders' meeting, it was obvious there would be more news than just a reading of the annual report. Nothing happened until after Chairman Clarence Edward Groesbeck had given an accounting of his 1935 stewardship. Then Stockholder Herbert Claiborne Pell proposed that the corporation make no effort to influence public opinion against the Public Utility Act of 1935. Stockholder Pell, onetime (1921-26) Democratic State Chairman for New York and onetime (1919-21) U. S. Representative, argued that the more the company protested against Government interference...