Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carefully matched as ever. He could still snap a decision, find time for a handshake with an old friend, or smile cheerfully for photographers at the inescapable White House ceremonials. But the truth was that Harry Truman, for the first time in anybody's memory, was just plain bored...
...whole coaching thesis: "I coach just like I would want to be coached if I was back in college-and the way I'd like my son to be coached." At Georgia Tech, they come as close as any big-league squad can to playing football for plain...
...sheetrock gypsum wallboard, which it hopes will replace plywood for many uses. The board is fire-resistant, sound-dampening, and can be easily glued to old plaster walls or any other smooth surface. Panels are 16 in. wide and 8 to 10 ft. long, come in plain, knotty pine and striated finishes, and they can easily be cut with a penknife. Price...
...four-dollar visa (easily obtainable) separate the American citizen from Yugoslavia. Near the frontier, the Loiblpass rises like an angry snake, symbolic of Tito's political machinations over the last eight years; but on the other side, Slovenia, one of the seven federated states, stretches into a timid plain...
Each village in this plain and throughout the state, however, is armed and ready for action--although most maneuvers take place on foot and in horse-drawn carts. Surprisingly, this military complex causes little disruption. Almost everyone took an active part in World War II and knows the value of armed strength, especially with Russia next door. War memorials are rare. Yet a military funeral inspires a grand spectacle and letters still bear the phrase "Death to the Fascist, Free the People." On top of this, Tito played heavily on national solidarity and self-interest to save his own neck...