Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...order to fire the Ethan Allen's holocaustic weapons would come in a coded message on the sub's low-frequency radio. Like all Polaris subs on station, the Ethan Allen receives a constant stream of "familygrams," routine orders and plain "garbage"; the idea is to keep the message traffic at a steady pace, so that an emergency would not increase the flow and thereby warn an enemy...
...problem was plain-but immensely difficult to correct. Well-meaning Mayor Kennelley had announced plans for a 900-acre renewal program, but was never able to translate those plans into substantive action. It remained for Daley, using every instrument of his political power, to make the project really move. He teamed up with Julian Levi, the university's own slum-clearance leader, adopted and reinforced Levi's organized community assaults on greedy landlords and local crime. Today, the area's deterioration has been stemmed with the construction of nearly 2,000 housing units, as well as shopping...
...reality is different. If mother-to-be looks particularly rosy, chances are that the cause is not inner radiance but an in creased metabolic rate. If she has fallen for that bassinet smothered with well-starched frills, she would do well to have a plain old basket standing by should it ever become necessary for the child actually to go to sleep. And if, throughout the nine months of her pregnancy, the mother-to-be remains as slim and svelte as she appears in the magazines, then it is possible that what she is expecting is a paycheck rather than...
...many Germans, Ash Wednesday holds an extra measure of solemnity. It marks the end of the gay Fasching season, about the only time of the year when a middle-aged widower or a plain, bespectacled spinster can break out of the everyday litany of loneliness and-who knows? -find true love across a crowded beer hall. Of those who were still lonely as Fasching ended last week, many would not wait for next year's festivities; they will turn instead to one of West Germany's 200 marriage agencies, such as the booming "Institute for Elegant Individual Marriage...
...trouble is that, despite his spectacular shooting eye, Barnett lacks the first-string knack for steady court play, has not developed the all-important ability to get a step ahead of the man guarding him to drive in for a layup. Most important. Coach Schaus figures that Barnett just plain plays better coming off the bench: "He's come off the bench time and again when the club was falling behind or just trading baskets and given us an immediate lift. That's what a great sixth...