Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Soviet fulfillment of the Plans as a "system of planned economy" or a "planned economic order" cannot be found by neutral economists in Moscow-each of whom has his own pet instances in which he thinks he has caught Gosplan quibbling, contradicting official figures with official figures, or just plain lying...
Eating in a local, second-rate restaurant at approximately 1:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the reporter noticed a young man eating a plain lunch with milk to drink. Because of his "extra-ordinary good looks," the man in a brown suit, carefully dressed, attracted Ball...
...only 1½ to 2 inches, and I think you'd need a slide rule to tell it wasn't the usual shoe. From 75% to 80% of my business is done by mail; a good proportion of these deliveries go to small cities and towns, in plain addressed wrappers and general delivery. Doesn't a fellow get program credit anymore...
...present. But, because the decision apparently affected only the use of wire tapping for evidence and the Federal Communications Act is limited to interstate messages, Federal agencies may still have use for their equipment, which is stored in a common fund in Washington and shipped to field operatives in plain wooden boxes. To determine whether the results of intrastate tapping are admissible as evidence, the Department of Justice announced that material it has gathered regarding a Washington gambling syndicate headed by one Abe Plisco, alias Jewboy Dietz, might soon be used in a test case...
...such miscellaneous items of local color, scenic grandeurs, natural wonders and plain facts, the U. S. guides of the Federal Writers' Project are compounded. With 42 big books already published, 20 now on the presses and some 200 more planned or in preparation, the Federal Writers' Project has become in the last few months the biggest literary job ever undertaken...