Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ministers on how to deal with rich constituents. He is convinced that many pastors stand in awe of the well-to-do. But if a camel can go through the eye of a needle easier than a rich man can enter the kingdom of God, it would appear that plain preachers can often give the rich a little extra spiritual help...
...Whether the problems be those left unresolved in Central Europe and Germany at the end of the last war; or the control and limitation of armaments; or the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the U.S. and Europe are indispensable parties to any political solutions. So let us recognize the plain fact that, whatever General de Gaulle says, or the commentators, we are irrevocably a European power. When our Government acts as one, it is responding to the realities of our time. The escapists, the new (though mostly old) isolationists are still with us. But let us recognize them for what they...
...Alec. The latest National Opinion Poll had Labor back in front of the Tories 46% to 41%. On a man-to-man popularity basis, polls invariably showed Home trailing Wilson. One gave Wilson the nod in virtually every category, from "tough" (Wilson 62%, Home 29%), to "straightforward and plain speaking" (Wilson 75% , Home...
...RETIRE. For a while, the Mets' front office turned into a shambles of confusion and denials. Then Casey explained things. "When I leave" meant "when I go home" to California as usual after the season. "When I get ready to go, I'll say so-in plain English." That incredible prediction pointed up the reason for the whole mixup: Casey had been talking to city hall reporters, who specialize in municipal prose, New York dialect; it is only the sportswriters, after all, who pretend to understand Stengelese...
...venial sifts against the language seem to amuse rather than affront him. Under ROOFTOP, he complains mildly: "What would a rooftop be, anyway? Use housetop or just plain roof." He quotes a recipe. "Now throw in two tablespoons full of chopped parsley and cook ten minutes more. The quail ought to be tender by then." Then Bernstein makes his point: "Never mind the quail, how are we ever going to get those tablespoons tender? The word is tablespoonfuls, no matter how illogical it seems...