Word: plainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appeasement of Communism, but the West itself stood to gain more: a new clarity of common purpose. The atom bomb in Russian hands was something so ominously specific that it was almost certain to impel a brand of Western unity which otherwise might be years in the forging. Plain common peril might be translated into plain common courage. Moscow's atom-smashing made obsolete no major part of a political strategy that embraced the Atlantic pact, U.S. military aid to Europe, and restoration of Europe's economic health. The U.S. did not have to change what...
...Climb into my zoom buggy and come on down to Rusty's for a naked steak and a P.C." (Let's drive to the eatery fof a hamburger-with no trimmings-and a plain chocolate milk...
...parish church in the Yorkshire town of Bolton upon Dearne is built on foundations which date back some 900 years. The Rev. Donald Carr Sparks has been vicar there for only ten years. But to Vicar Sparks the church's drab interior and plain, pitch-pine pews seemed "very institutional." Last week, the parishioners of Bolton upon Dearne were doggedly trying out a brave new ecclesiastical color scheme-red (pews), white (walls) and blue (doors). "The whole idea," Vicar Sparks explained, "is to bring color and warmth to the church without making it gaudy...
Plaster walls have been painted with a view to the light-reflecting and eye-resting qualities of the color's used. North-side rooms have yellow walls to maximize sunlight, while in the other living quarters the conventional plain ivory has been supplanted by pastel grey, green, and blue...
...making their plea for aid, however, the Spanish students made it plain that they have no use for the largest international student group, the International Union of Students, which states that it has 54 member organizations representing 3,000,000 students...