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Word: plainness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...makes no difference who); are they justified in saying every Sunday, "I believe . . . and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, Who was born of the Virgin Mary . . .", and then turning directly round by denying the Virgin Birth? I can think of nothing to call such action but plain lying and hypocrisy. If anyone can find honesty and consistency in it, I should be glad to see his reasoning--but I fear it will have to be a mass of quibbles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 12/20/1923 | See Source »

...scholastic success was a continuous process from school and college to professional school and life, he thought, perhaps, that he had solved his problem. No longer would it be necessary for anxious parents and eminent educators to exhort the youth of the land to earnest study. The figures were plain to behold. The stern portals of Phi Beta Kappa would surely now be thronged by a host of eager applicants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DOCTOR, LAWYER--" | 12/14/1923 | See Source »

Undergraduates of marked excellence who have not attained a position in the first group will be recognized in the awarding of the Abbott Lawrence scholarships. Four men have been honored this year: Robert Brandt 4E.S., of Jamaica Plain, Robert Douglas Donaldson, Jr., 3E.S. of Lincoln, Edmund Derby Haigier 2E.S. of Watertown, and Earl Pierce Nelson 5E.S. of Waterloo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HONORARY ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED | 12/14/1923 | See Source »

...business prosperity. While these points are, on the whole, solidly commendable, the really noteworthy part of the message is its unequivocal stand on these measures and the clarity with which they are outlined. Even though they be well-know issues for the most part, their form of statement makes plain that President Coolidge believes in them with the greatest sincerity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | 12/7/1923 | See Source »

...organizers of the new club made it particularly plain that the Blue Shirt Club has no connection with any club initiations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To Organize Blue Shirt Club | 12/5/1923 | See Source »

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