Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This operation was carried out by a resolution of the Board delegating its powers to the Corporation. President Coolidge approved. Admiral Palmer approved, but made it plain that his approval was limited...
...knows the plain people. He thus conserves their rights. He is one of them. It has been said that God loves the plain people most because He made so many of them...
General Adolfo de la Huerta: "The minute the Mexican revolution succeeds I, Adolfo de la Huerta, will step down from leadership and will become a plain citizen of Mexico, without title and without office. Then I will announce my candidacy for the office of President of Mexico, pledged on my honor to uphold the Constitution and all constitutional guarantees...
...outset we wish to make it plain that by refusing to participate in war we do not pledge ourselves to the position of absolute non-resistance. Our stand is simply that we do not believe in the kind of force used in modern warfare...
President Coolidge, on the other hand, has outlined a very positive platform, in a very few words. His actions speak louder than they. He has also stated that the rest of his platform will be definite, plain and unequivocal. There will be few vague promises, and no mere catchwords, or popular phrases. In this day of petty politics, denunciation, and oratory, it is refreshing to find someone naive enough to say what he really thinks. And if we are able to agree with what he thinks, so much the better...