Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Plain Talk. The fact was that Soldier MacArthur was speaking his convictions, and they were tailored to no political wind. His charge that the J.C.S. approved many of his views embarrassed Democrats, as did his insistence that Formosa was vital to U.S. defense. They squirmed as he declared that he had asked for new diplomatic decisions and gotten none, and when he said: "Why, my soldiers asked of me, surrender military advantages to an enemy in the field? I could not answer." Neither could the Democrats...
Back in Belgium from conferences in Washington, U.S. Ambassador Robert Murphy laid aside the finesse and indirection of diplomatic language, did some plain talking in public last week: "There was quite frankly doubt [in Washington] that Belgium is making a contribution to Atlantic defense proportionate to its wealth and resources. While some countries are devoting percentages of their gross national product up to 19% for defense purposes, Belgium is only spending about 5%." Murphy added that he had also found "curiosity" in Washington over Belgian trade with Soviet-bloc nations...
...inside comments (which saw solemn print next day). Dressed in an oatmeal-colored slack suit and flat brown shoes, easily stealing the scene from Mrs. Bogart who wore only a black & white Paris suit, she burbled: "I've been wearing trousers for years ... I know I'm plain and scrawny. I'm tall, skinny, but very determined. I used to be agonized by my freckles. Now I just don't attempt to hide them. They're not madly ugly, are they? . . . Only the really plain people know about love. The very fascinating ones...
...seems perfectly plain," said the Post, "that in the immediate aftermath of the upheaval, MacArthur had more personal fans than the President. It is equally clear, however, that the course of action recommended by the general-and opposed by Mr. Truman-was rejected with even greater vehemence...
...Berke, Brighton, Mass.; Paul W. Dillingham, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; Kenneth Emerson, Urbana, Ill.; Richard J. Fouquet, Bayside, N.y.; Hugh B. Hartwell, Worcester, Mass.; David L. Hedberg, Worcester, Mass.; Ronald E. Huebsch, Darton, Conn.; Douglas M. Kinney, Lake Forest, Ill.; Frank Manheim, Kausas City, Mo.; John J. McNamara, Jr., Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Philip G. Pratt, Windsor, Conn.; John S. Steinhart, Chicago, Ill.; Robert M. Stroud, St. Louis Mo.; Rene E. Vielman, Guatemala.; Edward H. Cass, Manager, Shaker Heights, Ohio...