Word: plainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their leader, but he had been out of the political arena too long to be properly gauged. He has told friends that he will seek no office between now and 1948, but will discuss national and international issues freely. He is said to feel strongly that plain, unvarnished talk will pay off in the next few years...
...light on the tired transients and commonplace interior creates an illusion of a moment stopped in time, turning the genteel lobby into a monument of weariness and melancholy. Born 63 years ago, tall (6 ft. 4 5/8 in.), quiet Edward Hopper started slowly, hit his stride after 40. His plain pictorial statements of what he sees are so authoritatively final that some critics regard him as a U.S. master...
Bishop Oxnam does not shrink from plain speech. Catholics, said he, have called Protestants "intolerant" for demanding certain rights. But Protestants must continue to insist on these rights...
...Bishop urged an end to "religious discussion and practice that divide Christians." But "understanding awaits plain speech...
Pope Pius XII, taking note that Italian women were about to vote nationally for the first time, made it plain that the Church wanted them to: "Your day is here . . . public life needs you . . . direct action . . . is indispensable." He warned them against the "marvelous promises" of totalitarianism, and observed that "no wise woman favors a policy of class struggle...