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Word: plainness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just a plain iron cross, but it's so symbolic," Lewis told the Associated Press...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: University Returns Louisbourg Cross to Canada | 6/30/1995 | See Source »

...race conditions had a way of evening things out. To say the Charles River was choppy is an understatement; it was just plain nasty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 2. The Upset | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

When Wilson was a first-year at what was then just plain Harvard, women were only permitted in men's dorm rooms between certain--and by today's standards tame--hours: five to seven...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Wilson Proves Adaptable as Activist, Academic | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...only virtuous man in Scotland. He is the voice of conscience for nobles, commoners, and the king's delegate. he even gives the future king of Scotland a pep talk/talking-to. But after the first two or three speeches, his recycled arguments about freedom and liberty get plain tedious...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Gibson's Kilts Come up Short | 5/26/1995 | See Source »

...used to be proud of being a career civil servant; then I became apologetic; now I'm just plain scared. Even though the U.S. has freer elections, less corruption and lower taxes than almost any other country on earth, there are a shocking number of Americans who believe that blowing up a federal building is a blow for freedom. The antigovernment mood of this country has gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 22, 1995 | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

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