Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Czechoslovakia went under after a struggle much feebler than optimists had hoped for; it was plain that though the Czechs loved freedom, they had no confidence in its defenders (see below...
There was an Absinthe Drinker reminiscent of Frans Hals, a Spanish Ballet in Goya's broad, fluent style, a flag-decked street brushed loosely and brightly in the manner of Monet,* and a rather plain blonde mooning over a plum in a cafe which Degas might have painted. Their sources were often apparent, but Manet's clean, revealing light raised each picture above the level of imitation and tended to surpass even his chosen masters'. That same light had long made Manet a laughingstock of Paris...
...about his world. People living today in the U.S. and other parts of the free world are engaged in a great historical experiment; they are faced with the challenge of establishing and extending the first democratic civilization. For them, news has a meaning that it did not have for plain people in the days of Pericles or Pitt. The decisions of the 20th Century rest with the people. To act, they have to know and to care...
...into fighting trim, tosses them in the air and catches them to toughen up their bodies. They are fed special diets, which chicken men usually try to keep secret from each other. John Kehoe feeds his cocks such highfalutin food as cakes with French brandy, oysters, apples, sprouted oats, plain oats, eggs and flint corn. On the third day of the Orlando tournament last week (the fights go on for six hours a day and cost $7 to see), Kehoe's grey muffs lost their first two fights...
...side of the trophy hall is a doorway over which is inscribed in fine gold leaf," F. O. Crisler." On the other side, the legend over the arch reads in plain black paint, "Coaches." Inside the latter are the working quarters of such gridiron all-times as Bennie Oosterbaan and George Ceithaml...