Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...academy, commanded by Lieut. General K. S. Thimayya, Sandhurst-bred leader of the neutral repatriation commission in Korea, flew only Indian flags. Marshal Bulganin, traveling as "plain Mister," sensed the soldierly restraint, but it was lost on the ebullient Khrushchev...
...heroic statues atop the Buenos Aires building that was to have been headquarters for the huge Eva Peron Charity Foundation appeared shrouded in burlap. The pair: a complacent Juan Peron, hand on hip, surveying Buenos Aires in an open-collared shirt, and a saintly Eva Peron, in a plain dress with outstretched hand. Thus, with monumental effrontery, had Peron ranked himself and his wife with Argentina's Washington, General Jose de San Martin (the seven remaining statues symbolized old age, children, various typical workers). Aramburu's government planned to lower the 2O-ton statues of the Perons with...
...teacher gasped -and many others since that day have gasped at Julie Harris. In the last dozen years, the girl with the plain little face and childlike limbs has laid her life upon the stage like a candle upon an altar, and the still, strong flame of her talent shines through the nervous wattage of Broadway with a pure and steady light. In a comparatively short career -until last week she had played only three major parts on Broadway -Julie Harris has established herself as, at the very least, the best young actress in America. A European director calls...
Strong Light. The plain life expresses some remarkably solid virtues. She burns continuously with what a friend calls "unmitigated sincerity." She loves or she hates; she gives everything or nothing. She is a one-man woman with a one-track mind. The theater is her religion and she serves it like a vestal. She has almost no material concerns. "She would work 20 hours a day for $20 a week if I didn't watch out," her husband says. It is hard for her to tell a lie, and she blazes in defense of the truth as she sees...
...trunk lines. Furthermore, said CAB, it had specifically reserved the right to reduce the number of scheduled flights if nonskeds started ganging up on the most profitable runs flown by big carriers. Said a CAB official: "This is a classic example of crying before you're hurt. The plain fact is that the nonskeds deserve a break. They were the pioneers in aircoach travel. Why should they be denied a chance to grow with the rest of the industry...