Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since the Conference is distinctly an undergraduate affair, and since it must necessarily be limited in size to preserve the personal contact with its eminent guests,--the chief objective of the whole idea,--it is quite obvious that there will be no surplus room at the round tables for graduate students. Furthermore, contrary to the suggestions of graduate students, the discussion material of the Conference cannot be too technical if it is going to be of any use to the average undergraduate...
...repudiation was an article by Dr. High appearing in the Saturday Evening Post, entitled "Whose Party Is It?" Prefaced by an editor's note describing its author as having the "reputation of being one of the President's close advisers," it went on to state the obvious fact that the conservative Democrats in Congress are no New Dealers and sooner or later must break with the New Deal. When Southern Congressmen grew angry, the President had to put his indiscreet adviser in his place...
When Ambassador von Ribbentrop announced that his new ballroom will be large enough to entertain 1,000 guests it was obvious that the German Embassy is going to lead all others in London during the Coronation season in splurges of superkolossal festivity. It was time last week to review the von Ribbentrops. she the heiress of a German champagne family, he an ex-salesman in England of not only rare German wines but also best Scotch whiskey. Intimate are the Hohenzollern grandsons of Wilhelm II with the von Ribbentrops; intimate too are many radical Nazi party members of the tough...
...Certain obvious advantages are apparent in this particular competition over others which may be offered. For one thing, there is absolutely no required night work. The various jobs assigned to the candidates may be easily performed in spare time during the day, and there is always enough variety in the work to make it exceedingly interesting. The desire to do a good job is given first consideration and a pure money total is by no means the sole factor in deciding a man's fitness to become a member of the board. It should be especially noted that once...
...passport with a Norwegian visa, flying on to Oslo; conferring with Trotsky, and getting back to Russia without exciting the Ogpu's suspicion. This may seem possible if the thoroughness of Soviet, German and Norwegian secret police methods is not known, but in Moscow it was such an obvious cock-&-bull story that Prosecutor Vishinsky endeavored to draw out Piatakov into further and believable details, asking: "How was all this arranged?" Piatakov, voluble in his confession up to this point, gave the Prosecutor a reproachful glance, and lapsed into silence with a gesture of helplessness. Few minutes later, Prosecutor...