Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even live television or radio coverage of one of the most muted-and one of the earliest-declarations by a U.S. President that he was an active, eager candidate to retain his office. But Gerald Ford wanted to play it that way, conveying the image of just plain Jerry, hard at work and determined. Seated at his desk in the Oval Office, backed by four campaign aides, he read a brief, low-key statement in a firm, confident voice. Said the President: "I intend to conduct an open and aboveboard campaign"-a pledge that would have seemed superfluous...
...stop with the fragile sesamoid bones above the hoof completely shattered. Within nine hours Ruffian was dead, put down with the assent of her owners, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Janney Jr. Ruffian's death came as an enormous blow to the racing fraternity. But for sportswriters and just plain enthusiasts, it was a beginning of controversy over the cause of the accident and the quality of medical treatment the stricken Ruffian received...
...tradition of naturalism, with its emphasis on the seamy and sordid side of life, and has by nature tended to look through rose-colored glasses. But anyone who can't tell the difference between Our Town and a Kate Douglas Wiggin novel or an Andy Hardy movie is just plain obtuse...
...Town Wilder brings the usually unseen Stage Manager on stage. We see him suggest the Locale--Grover's Corners. New Hampshire--by bringing in some plain wooden chairs and a couple of tables, to which are added, as needed, a plank and, for a second-story window scene, a pair of step ladders. The Stage Manager also narrates background for us, guides the players, bridges time gaps, comments on what happens, doubles as a druggist, minister and an unnamed the woman (in early drafts of the play he took on several of the children's roles to boot), and dismisses...
...collected coins in a tin cup. Now you will recall from The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark that Clouseau has an immaculate and quite literal respect for the law. This is, in fact, why he is in uniform, on foot patrol, instead of dashing about in plain clothes and solving glamorous crimes. His strict adherence to the book, as well as an unshakable simple-mindedness and a fateful penchant for instigating catastrophe, has kept Clouseau from achieving his full status as a crime fighter. Give him his due and he would be right up there, somewhere between...