Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That would be explaining the race on psychological grounds. But the glaring fact is that the Crimson just plain outran its opposition, and this is a matter of speed and endurance, not psychology...
...only five Saturday afternoons during the fall, and non-consecutive afternoons at that. Advertising men place a high value on what they call "unbroken impact"; if they are going to pay thousands of dollars to foist their razor blades on eastern football fans, they want those razor blades in plain view every Saturday of the fall...
...Back in 1937 seven young ladies came to Mrs. Albert and asked her to help them bridge the gap from the young, uncertain, immature girl to the well poised, gracious, attractively groomed, confident young lady." It is plain by the girls' choice of words that Mrs. Albert had some pretty good material to start with, but this should not detract from her future accomplishments...
...played his first concert at twelve (in his native Odessa). No single concerto can be a thorough test of a pianist's capabilities. The full measure of Gilels' musicianship for Americans will come this week, when he gives a Carnegie Hall recital without orchestra. Meanwhile, it was plain that the Soviet pianist is a phenomenal technician with conviction and passion. Leaving the stage after last week's concert, Ormandy was heard to say: "This boy really purifies a work that has become vulgarized through use and misuse. He is one of the greatest...
...took, as a matter of historic fact, more strong men than the Wehrmacht could provide. Audie took to soldiering like a shark to mullet. He was cool and quick, and when his Irish was up he laid about him like Kevin o' the Bogs. The picture makes this plain in combat scenes which could never have been napalmed off as the real thing without Audie. Credibility, burns in his mild face and gentle gestures as he moves through scenes of battle raptly, like a man reliving them with wonder and something of reverence. And just for a nervous instant...