Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Views of a Struggle. Committeeman after committeeman urged Chiang to stay at the helm. But Chiang remained adamant. Gradually, it became plain that his move was an effort to show the civil war in a clearer light. The Communists present it as a struggle between two parties. Chiang sees it as a conflict between the Reds on one side and China's national life and culture on the other. Explaining the qualifications of China's next President, Chiang said: "The President must have a profound understanding of our history, culture and national traditions. It is evident that...
Latinos applauded, but only Peru's Victor Andrés Belaunde and two Nicaraguans shook the Secretary's hand. Everybody was a little stunned at Marshall's plain no on the question of U.S. economic aid. Said a Brazilian next morning: "For me, the conference ended yesterday...
When it ended 30 minutes later, 45 pickets had been carted off to the police station and a dozen participants hurt. (Among the injured: a plain-clothes man who was mistaken for a picket by the cops and soundly slugged...
Struggle for the Minimum. A meticulous dandy, Matisse wears a light tweed jacket and tie when he is painting. Never using a palette, he squeezes the colors on to plain white kitchen dishes and uses them just as they come out of the tube, except for the addition of a little turpentine. Each picture starts with a fairly detailed charcoal sketch; he gradually simplifies it as he paints. This process of simplification, he says, is the very symbol of his life: "A constant struggle for complete expression with a minimum of elements...
Pessimist: Look at the Stock Exchange. Set alongside today's prosperity and today's profits, the present prices of ... stocks are just plain silly. If stocks were really cheap, the men who know would bid them...