Word: plain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cobblestoned court of what had been a German Air Force headquarters, saw the flag break out at the top of the staff, then stepped forward to make an extemporaneous speech. It was over in less than two minutes, but it made the biggest international news of the week. Said plain Harry Truman in plain words...
Qualify? The effect of his speech in the U.S. was immediate. Many a citizen, many an Army & Navy man, many a Senator shivered at first, wished that the President had adorned his plain "not one piece of territory" with at least a qualified exclusion of Pacific bases won at a high cost in U.S. lives...
...details of his sensational story are still to be checked. One official of the Rotterdam Museum has a theory of his own: Van Meegeren may be a muddy-minded fantast with a grudge against museums. Some Dutch art experts, who stand to lose considerable prestige over the affair, just plain don't believe a word of Van Meegeren's story...
...imaginative artist with a big idea had a little show at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art last week. He was 41-year-old Jōan Junyer, Spanish-born and Paris-trained, whose five years in the U.S. have jolted him out of plain painting into bold dreams of stage designing. His big idea: stage and dance scenery should actively participate in the performance...
...when he ran into wiry Mike Turnesa in the second round of match play, the invalid threw away his mental crutches. The veteran Turnesa was red hot. Nelson, just plain hot, was two down with four holes to go, but he was not quite ready to be counted out. Summoning his last reserve of calm (a rival pro says that if Nelson gave anyone a blood transfusion, the beneficiary would come down with pneumonia), the champ shot a birdie and took the 33rd hole. Another birdie evened the match on the 34th. An eagle 3 on the 475-yd. 35th...