Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plain," he argues, "that there can be no Soviet withdrawal from Eastern Europe unless this entire area can be removed as an object of military rivalry of the great powers . . . Finally, the question is not just whether Moscow 'wants' German unification. It is a question of whether Moscow can afford to stand in the way if there were a possibility of a general evacuation of Europe...
...reason for the turnabout was plain. India is now desperate for foreign capital and sees in Graham a chance to show good will toward investors. On Graham's part, there had been nothing but good will and hard work since last summer. Fervently talking up his dream back in the U.S., Graham collected $250,000 from fascinated' investors ranging all the way from the Rockefellers' International Basic Economy Corp. ($25,000) to an oil worker who offered $5,000 in $100 monthly installments and formed Private Enterprises...
...Detailed statements on the handling of union funds, with provisions for permitting union members to sue dishonest officers-halting expense-account sprees, "loans," "gifts," and just plain thievery...
...study of the growing numbers of Americans who tend to live, work, think and play within the framework of the large corporations that employ them. No off-the-cuff call for nonconformity for its own sake, the book (a surprise bestseller) spells out the need for genius and just plain individuality to speak in their own voices...
...agreeable even if it kills you." So goes the maxim that often uplifts the front page of the most determinedly bigtime, small-town weekly newspaper in the U.S.: Grit, published in Williamsport, Pa. (pop. 46,000), by a bald, conservative optimist named George Lamade. By being aggressively agreeable, plain-looking, plain-spoken Grit has built up a national circulation of nearly 900,000 in 48 states, this month will celebrate its 75th birthday as the paper "that rings the joy bells of life...