Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were inspired by new knowledge of how the first Christians conducted their worship. With permission from Rome, the reformers undertook to restore lay participation in the liturgy. The reformers revived congregational singing of chants and hymns that accompany the Mass. In place of ornate altars, they celebrated Mass on plain stone tables, and they faced the congregation instead of the wall. They introduced the "dialogue" Mass, in which the congregation responds to the prayers of the priest. Some reformers advocated that at least parts of the Mass be recited in the language of the people...
...stepping up international sales (the company has plants in six countries), which so far account for 12% of business. With everything else well under control, Binger is ready to change the company's official corporate name: Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. From now on, it will be just plain Honeywell, a more suitably sized name for a company whose business is simplifying the tasks of U.S. industry...
Closer to Rome? One reason that it embarrasses churchmen, suggested a rejected draft of a Federation statement on justification, is the plain fact that even after four centuries, justification by faith alone is only vaguely comprehensible to millions. Another is that downgrading works seems less acceptable than ever to self-justifying, activist modern man. A third and more serious challenge to traditional Lutheran thinking came from the Federation's Commission on Theology: modern Biblical study makes it clear that justification is not, as Luther thought, the dominating theme of the New Testament...
...African peoples do not challenge Western civilization as such, even as they throw off the yoke of European rule. In fact, these peoples are developing in almost exact ratio to their adoption of Western techniques, attitudes and ideas. Thus they are not threats but enhancements of Western civilization. In plain, unflappable prose, McNeill gives a wide-screen vision of the world-wide cultural interactions that have moved and continue to move mankind...
Less memorable were performances by Wendy Bensinger, whose Southern accent and stiffness do little for the part of Anais, and John Williams, whose Hussar lover was plain ludicrous. Timothy Mayer had some good moments as Miss Fay's aged clerk, but on the whole he bounced about excessively...