Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When it stops in Mississippi will it be made plain...
...Sept. 29 issue of Robert S. Allen's book Lucky Forward is the first authentic evaluation of General Patton from the combat soldier's standpoint I've ever read. You bet he wasn't known to the line soldier as "Georgie." It was just plain "Pat-ton." You bet it was "our blood and his guts" as far as combat troops were concerned! A general's position is too remote to make him a hero to his men. . . . We did respect Patton but only as hired help respect any reportedly competent high executive...
...Matter of Manners. Did all this mean that "the situation was deteriorating," or, in plain English, that the world was closer to war? It did not. Two years ago, when honeyed words flew between Russia and the West, the basic ideas, methods, objectives and interests of Communism on the one hand and democracy on the other were every inch as far apart as they are today. The only change is that two years ago a lot of Americans did not realize how big the gap was, and now they do. For this, thanks is largely due to the harsh words...
...first,, no one quite believed Yankee Boss Larry MacPhail when he said he was through (TIME, Oct. 13). Not that MacPhail, tearful and waving an empty beer bottle, had not made it plain: "That's it, goddamit, that's my retirement," he roared in the first moment of the Yankees' World Series victory. Even Dan Topping and Del Webb, Larry's wealthy co-partners, were disbelieving. "He's a sentimental fellow," said Topping. "I wouldn't put too much stock in what he's saying...
Whether it be feeding rats, rigging booby traps for Halloween prowlers, or just plain clerical work, the Employment office in Weld Hall has a student...