Word: plain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...German Government make its press mind its manners. Scheduled to appear at the gala were some broad Dutch comedians famed for an act in which the chief funster appears as Kaiser Wilhelm II, then strips off gold lace, upturned mustaches and so forth until he finally ends in a plain uniform and smudge mustache as Adolf Hitler. At the last minute this political Dutch clowning was killed off the program and substituted were some harmless non-political British buffoons...
When Amherst's trustees ousted Alexander Meikeljohn (TIME, June 25, 1923 et seq.),when Governor Huey P. Long forced Thomas W. Atkinson out of the University of Louisiana, the issues were plain between Reaction and Liberalism. In the La Follette-Frank ouster, the spectacle presented was that of one celebrated Progressive steamrollering another. Had Phil La Follette been a Tory Governor, the outcry from U. S. Liberals would undoubtedly have been prodigious, for along with his smooth exterior and the careful polish which has removed all trace of his native Queen City, Mo.. Glenn Frank has. with facile...
Against such an adversary, a political steamroller seemed to be the only weapon plain Phil La Follette could find...
...show his independence, Dr. Frank refused, but four years later, finding Dean Sellery unsympathetic, sought to have the regents oust him. The move, however, was never brought before the board. Making it plain that he did not expect or wish to hold his new job more than a semester, Acting President Sellery called the faculty together, found that the majority felt Glenn Frank had got about what he deserved...
...stated: "Since I cannot attend in person, I am glad to convey to you . . . this expression of my very deep interest in the success of your effort. . . . The Federal Government is deeply interested in . . . reducing the disastrous results of venereal disease." That this was high time to do some plain speaking about sexual conduct was the deliberate conviction of Dr. John Hinchman Stokes, University of Pennsylvania professor of syphilology. Declared that particularly well-informed expert: "Our researches have indicated a sensible...