Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after a shipload of dependents departed for the U.S., Commandant Pate stepped off his plane in Tokyo, his wife on his arm. In one hand he held a statement which in effect proved that he stood firmly on both sides of the question. "I must make it plain," he announced, "that I realize that neither I nor any other military man has the authority to order dependents to return to the U.S. I have the right however ... to expect that [marines] will loyally do their utmost to carry out my announced policy...
...hatred of Eisenhower ("the most dangerous man who has been in the White House"). McKay is a fumbling public speaker ("The issues aren't important in this election; it's the votes")-but he has no peer at mixing, on first-name terms, with plain folks. Morse is a distinguished, if pedagogic, orator ("My duty, as I see it, is to translate moral values into legislation")-but he is probably the coldest baby-kisser in U.S. politics. McKay's eyes twinkle with warm humor. Morse's gleam with the zeal of a prophet...
...rubble at the Soviets and the other way to Mamie and home, Ike finished World War II as he had fought it, in total tune with his men. "Aside from disappointment in being unable to solve in clean-cut fashion some of the nagging problems," he wrote, "I just plain miss my family...
...commenting upon the issues, Braucher called Stevenson's draft proposal "just plain wrong," and the suggestion for an H-Bomb ban "unfortunate...
Coach Bruce Munro was not entirely disappointed over the loss. "We got off some good shots and had good passing," Munro stated, "but were just plain unlucky. We made some mistakes which were costly, but we looked a lot better on our offense...