Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This was plain speaking at last: it is the French who must decide whether to build on rock or on sand...
With each new success, new troubles also came to Huk-fighting Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines. As his stock rose with the plain people all over the islands, it fell with his boss, President Elpidio Quirino, and Liberal Party politicians around Quirino-who want to stay in power after next November's elections-openly intrigued against Magsaysay. When Filipinos began talking seriously of Magsaysay as a reform presidential candidate, the Defense Secretary began even to fear for his life...
...last month, Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill warned that the definition of obscenity is "so vague" that the law "lends itself to distortion and abuses." The bill's definition of obscenity: "Literature offensive to chastity or modesty." Last week, when the three-man board took office, it became plain how right Editor McGill had been. Board Chairman James Wesberry, a Baptist minister, was asked whether works of art showing nude women would be banned by the board. Replied Censor Wesberry: "I don't discriminate between nude women whether they are art or not. It's all lustful...
...West Berlin last week, the U.S. renewed a solemn promise to Germans, East & West. "Everyone in the U.S.," said Dr. James B. Conant, the new U.S. High Commissioner in Germany, "knows that here the two contending forces of this mid-20th century stand face to face. Let me make plain the position of my Government." The U.S., said Conant, is "pledged to see to it that this city continues as an unshaken outpost of the Western world. We shall continue to insist on the free circulation within Berlin of all its inhabitants. The U.S. , is determined to keep open...
Tough Talk. Last week the U.S., fearful that even the sometime-peace was now about to blow up, stepped into the picture. In Tel Aviv, U.S. Ambassador Monnett B. Davis, a quiet, methodical career diplomat of the old school, handed Israel a note that was diplomatic but plain. The U.S., it said, is deeply concerned over the recent Israeli forays over the border, and it could only conclude that they are inspired by calculated Israeli policy. A similar but much milder note of caution was handed to the Jordanians...