Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Government's policy of non-intervention in Spain, Leader Herbert Morrison of the London County Council attacked non-intervention at home, snorted: "Sir Oswald Mosley's demonstration was consciously, deliberately and mischievously organized for the purpose of stimulating violence and racial strife in London. That was obvious to everybody long in advance and the Government had ample time and justification for preventing the thing. If the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, had been firm and clear, he would have acted in time...
...rate discreet questionaires went out to the "carefully sifted" undergraduates yesterday requesting such anatomical data as "Where is your family's seat (or home)?" The words in parenthesis were added, it is suspected, for reasons obvious to the lay mind...
...more than ever. To the cry of inflation, he retorts with the magic word reflation, with the absolute need and desirability of a controlled expansion of credit. To the preposterous moral arguments about the abrogation of the gold clause, he replies with humor, and point to the obvious realities regarding promises to pay in gold that extend far beyond the resources of banks and governments. The curious and widely-accepted talk about the New Deal's communism or fascism, he answers with the support given it in those years by the representatives of the decidedly non-communist and non-fascist...
...That crusader against the red menace. that protector of the young, Mr. Dorgan, gladly offered himself up on the altar of publicity for his cause last spring. Another doughty warrior of Dorchester now appears upon the scene waving a banner emblazoned with the glorious words: "It is perfectly obvious to anyone that the registration and voting in this city has been crooked for years...
...mention the material gains which this contract will furnish less lucrative sports, as well as the certain amount of pleasure in store for alumni unable to attend these games. But it is more than a little disappointing to find that Yale should weigh these advantages against the many obvious objections and still feel justified in vacating that responsibility of leadership in athletic idealism which we have always felt Harvard, Yale and Princeton should share together...