Word: plain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Gilbert & Sullivan what Comedie Franchise is to Moliere, what Bayreuth is to Wagner, what the Moscow Art Theatre is to Chekov, what the Abbey Theatre is to Synge. But any number of things could turn the Savoyards' invasion of New York into a hopeless dispersion: overbilling, overconfidence or just plain cussedness on the part of U. S. critics and spectators...
...farmers in and out of the drought area, the reasons were as plain as a pig's snout. For corn farmers will get double last summer's prices. For livestock, poultry and dairy products, which constitute the bulk of farm income, they can expect to realize nearly $700,000,000 more than last year...
...ladies donning organdie after May 30, such a conception of the apparel of our ladies is just plain preposterous. Seersucker and linen are the fabrics favored by the sex ? because they eliminate the necessity slips and unmentionables. In brief, here's typical Valley wardrobe for both sexes...
Last week the Chicago teachers were in plain sight of their November-to-June wages. An Illinois Supreme Court decision removed the last obstacle between the School Board and a $22,500,000 RFC loan, secured by school bonds and by mortgages on $30,000,000 worth of revenue-producing property owned by the School Board. Five days later in Chicago RFC Chairman Jesse Jones approved the loan which would pay all teachers in full. The $3,000,000 balance, to be paid to school board civil service employes, will come from a special fund now made available for that...
...Victorian Age was a great believer in literary volcanoes. It preferred them extinct, but from the semi-active ones it got delightful tremors. To Victorians, Elinor Glyn might have seemed a volcano in full blast, but plain readers today will find it hard to believe that she was ever in a state of eruption. Famed as the popularizer of "It," she still enjoys a smoky reputation which is mostly smokescreen. Many a nonreader who smacks over the supposed lubricities of Three Weeks would find it tame and harmless stuff. Elinor Glyn was a scandalous sensation to 1907, but 1934 will...