Word: plain
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Glemp, 53, the plain-spoken son of an Inowroclaw salt miner, is well prepared for that task. The holder of doctorates in Roman and canon law, he has a shrewd political sense that belies his squat, jug-eared physical appearance. Glemp apparently intends to pursue a cautious policy under martial law, putting moral pressure on the regime but avoiding inflammatory gestures that might incite violence and provoke a Soviet invasion...
...acres of land in the arboretum, located in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston, was originally owned by the University, but was taken away by Boston authorities through erinent domain in 1882. The city subsequently leased all of the arboretum property--except walkways--to Harvard for $1 per year renewable for 1000 years...
...attorney for Jamaica Plain resident Karen Andruskevics, 16-years-old at the time of the collision, said he would immediately ask the State Supreme Court to hear the case...
...refugees by the millions fled the Ganges plain of East Bengal, it was to the military government of West Pakistan that the United States lent its support, refusing to condemn its ally even as reports of the carnage mounted and the number of refugees in Indian camp across the border ballooned to more than nine million. The atrocities became more apparent, but the U.S. administration turned a blind eye, continuing even arms shipments to the military regime. Evidently, friendship with Yah Yah was a necessary step toward Nixon and Kissinger's goal that year, diplomatic recognition of the People...
...should like it to consist of a block about the size of this [desk] and placed in the center of that green plot in front of the Archives building. I don't care what it is made of, whether limestone or granite or whatnot, but I want it plain, without any ornamentation, with the simple carving 'In memory...