Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lord, Keep Us Quiet." Arthur H. Vandenberg once remarked that "I never know whether Dr. Marshall is praying for me or at me." Senators, who have their moments of ringing and hollow oratory, came to find Peter Marshall's prayers plain and pertinent. Once he prayed: "When we do not know what to say, keep us quiet." Another time he said: "Save us from the sin of worrying, lest stomach ulcers be the badge of our lack of faith...
...other nominee will pursue whatever policies are directed by the President. Only the President himself can answer the question, and the answer may sometimes be quite impromptu and unpredictable. We cannot control foreign policy through our action on this or any other nominee. I want to make that plain. Therefore, it should be made wholly obvious that we do not underwrite the results, in terms of foreign policy, which will flow from our confirmation of this or any other nominee...
From dusty Nanking streets, sleek limousines converged on a plain brick residence in the spacious Ministry of National Defense compound. It was Friday afternoon; by 2 o'clock Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's small drawing room was jammed with ranking Kuomintang officials. Tense and silent, they waited for the announcement...
Hollywood, which is notoriously touchy about harsh words from outsiders, listened last week to a plain-spoken spat between two of its own. Producer Sam Goldwyn began it by deciding to toss in his lot with the independent film producers (S.I.M.P.P.). He announced that he was quitting the two trade associations of the major studios (M.P.A.A. and A.M.P.P.), because "there must be a return to real free enterprise in our industry." Dapper Eric Johnston, who heads them both, took a deep breath and fired...
...pollen from grass and trees in the spring, from ragweed in the fall. Pollen, he says, can be the trigger that sets off a series of reactions that wind up as a pain in the big toe; it may be pollen by itself, or in combination with certain foods, plain or fancy, to which certain people are sensitive...