Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That was how the President of the U.S. came last week to appear before the A.M.A. in Manhattan's Astor Hotel with a plain-spoken report on the recession ("Not all our economic troubles are over by any means") and some strong ideas about what business and labor could do to help the economy. He nominated a "whole kit and caboodle" of economic notions "for oblivion." Items...
...first week of reappraisal of U.S.Latin American relations, it became plain that two schools of thought existed in Washington-for drastic and for cautious policy revision...
...December 1768 the first two sections of the encyclopedia were ready, as pamphlets (cost: sixpence each on plain paper, eightpence for a fancy edition); with the income from them and backing obtained ahead of time from subscribers, succeeding sections and finally the first bound volume were published...
...despite the team's 3-2 record, the plain fact is that the season was probably the most trying of McCurdy's tenure. Only the Yale meet stands out as notable, and the sweetness it provided was somewhat soured by the Crimson's poor fifth place finish in the Heps...
...maxims that have been wearing whiskers almost as long as the Russians. Samples: "The Chinese government . . . considers truth its soundest ally." "All |Chinese newspapers| are government-supervised . . . There must be the initial phase in which chaos gives way to a rudimentary order." "Russian assistance -as the Chinese leaders make plain in every speech and report -is disinterested." "In |France| ... the law is determined by the interests of a class." but in China, "justice is made to correspond to the welfare of the people...