Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Only a few years ago, many moved among us who argued cunningly against this plain truth. Their speech was persuasive and their vocabulary very clever. Remember? It went like this: 'After all, while we stand for political democracy, they stand for economic democracy...
...Arnold Arboretum, oldest in the world, was established from a bequest of James Arnold which was received by the University in 1872. Called "America's greatest garden" some 6,000 different species and varieties of trees and shrubs flourish on its 265-acre tract in Jamaica Plain...
Naguib said nothing about Nahas and the Wafd, but the purpose of his tour was plain. Said a veteran Egyptian political reporter: "Nahas is finished...
...Chicago last week, the North Shore Baptist Church dedicated a novel new window. The design is simple enough-a small (6½ ft. high, 3½ ft. wide), bare cross with a single inscribed rosette on a plain background, done in soft rose, clear white, and a dozen shades of cool green. What makes it unique and arresting is that it consists of 446 pieces of beautifully cut and polished jade...
...Moore puzzled over this but, until he got a National Research Council fellowship in 1941, he could do little about it. Then he made good progress. His tools were simple: plain water and heavy water (deuterium oxide). Basically, what Dr. Moore did was to inject 100 cc of heavy water into a volunteer, wait for it to mix thoroughly with the ordinary water in his system, and then take a blood sample. The dilution of heavy water showed the total amount of water in the body. Easy as this sounds, it was not until 1950 that the method was accurate...