Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...phenomenon of Harry Truman's reception might be explained by the U.S. citizen's sympathy for the underdog, by his admiration for spunkiness, or by just plain curiosity. The other phenomenon could be explained by the agreeable mood of the country. The country was fat and happy...
...Republicans are telling farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this Government's labor policy. That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick. 'If you can't convince them, confuse them.' " The farm audience laughed knowingly...
...cross-the-country glamor trade? Would he still have to stand in line 20 minutes or more for a seat in the diner? Would trains still lurch like a wounded moose on jolting roadbeds? Perhaps what the passenger really wanted was less fluorescent and chromium luxury and more plain, old-fashioned convenience and comfort...
...control-and the U.S. delegation intended to take full advantage of it. In the past two years the U.S. and a majority of the nations on the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission have held that international control of the atom is both necessary and feasible. When Russian opposition made it plain that agreement was not possible, the A.E.G. reported that fact and voted to suspend its own activities (TIME...
Papeleo (red tape) was his enemy, said the U.S.-educated President. Almost the first thing he did was to have electric typewriters installed to speed up paper work. Result: in one week his secretaries got out 5,152 letters and telegrams. He met the Nicaraguan minister in plain business suit and without flowery speeches, announced that he wanted no part of tradition's stiff protocol...