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Word: plainness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question is, 'What is a ballot per se?'" state Rep. John E. McDonough (D-Jamaica Plain) said in an interview last Friday. "This is new legal terrain, not just for Massachusetts but, as far as we know, for any state...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Rent Control Turns on Question: What's a Ballot? | 12/8/1994 | See Source »

Their ranks swelling to 30 come January, the nation's Republican Governors proclaimed their political independence at their annual convention in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Governors made plain their advice to the new Republican Congress: stick to the economy, stay away from social issues like school prayer, and don't cut the federal budget at the states' expense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 20-26 | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

...John E. McDonough (D-Jamaica Plain), the chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Election Laws--which first approved the bill allowing Connolly to provide the paper summaries--said he had not anticipated the constitutional challenge...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Appellate Court Stalls Repeal Of Rent Control | 12/3/1994 | See Source »

...athletic administrators and several council members have indicated, Coffey deserves no credit for the ticket offering. Indeed, his claims of a "real big victory for the U.C."--in addition to their questionable grammatical structure--appear to be just plain bunk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coffey Takes Credit Where It Isn't Due | 12/2/1994 | See Source »

...watch the Lynch girls when they swam at the beach. Katja also couldn't drive, though her application stated otherwise. Worn out, Cathy dismissed Katja within three weeks, quit her nursing job and became a full-time mom. Her conclusion: "Scrap the whole au pair program. It's just plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Mary Poppins | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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