Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...troubles he blames on Bernard Goldfine-and on Goldfine's political friends, most particularly including Sherman Adams-a fact which he made abundantly plain last week in his testimony before the House subcommittee...
...Right Flank. Nonetheless, the heaviest fighting in Algeria since De Gaulle's return to power (45 rebels killed, 64 captured) made it plain that the Algerian revolt was by no means ended. And on De Gaulle's other flank-the right one-the balcony generals of the French army were applying unrelenting pressure. Without bothering to consult De Gaulle, military authorities in France last week seized issues of two of the Parisian papers most frequently suppressed under the Fourth Republic-France-Observateur and L'Express...
...even more low-brow, down-and-out entertainment, the seasonal over-flowing of musical comedies should not be overlooked. From the Cape working their way westward, professionals, hacks, and just plain hams tiptoe through the tulips, sweetly and lightly...
...that lady there-that's my mother, folks." Murmured an onlooker: "Chris is a good oP boy, and Arkansas people like a man to be a good ol' boy. There's nobody can sound more country than Chris. He's a good oP boy." Plain Talker. Though good oP Chris Finkbeiner made hay in Warren, it was Lee Ward ("He'd be a cinch if Lee was his last name") who hit pay dirt in Jonesboro, simply by taking on Orval Faubus in a tough, plain-talking speech. "The real reason why Orval Faubus occupied...
...made plain, the destiny of France still lies squarely in the hands of proud Charles de Gaulle. Searching last week for a suitable description for the general's Cabinet meetings-which he uses chiefly to announce decisions he has already reached-Information Chief Andre Malraux brashly chose to compare them to "those in Napoleon's time." French journalists, accustomed to subsisting off the daily indiscretions of the Cabinet ministers of the Fourth Republic, saw the whole thing in a different light. "Covering the government," moaned one, "is like trying to cover the court of the Emperor of Japan...