Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...choice but to renounce his offer of self-determination and proclaim unequivocally that he would keep Algeria French. Grey-faced, Debré returned to Paris unnerved; worse yet, the furtiveness of his trip-his arrival in Algiers was not made public until after he had left-made it plain that De Gaulle's government doubted its ability to suppress the uprising...
Three days later, in the Kennedy family's Convair, Jack and handsome Wife Jackie flew out to Milwaukee to make the official announcement, also confirm previous plans to enter Nebraska's nonbinding primary. Plain-spoken as always, Kennedy startled reporters by pointing out that his "principal adversary" in the big race was not Humphrey but Texas' Lyndon Johnson, already credited with control of some 350 Southern delegates. Kennedy twitted Johnson as well as Missouri's Stuart Symington for refusing to meet him in the primaries. They remain safely on the side lines, he charged, "hoping...
...power to the test, the rebel leaders, worsted in armed conflict in the hills, issued a deadly new order: concentrate on killing civilians. Within six weeks, rebel units in the field had killed, wounded or kidnaped 363 civilians-most of them hard-working small farmers in the Mitidja Plain around Algiers...
...press but got a stiff reprimand from the hotel-chain owner, Sir Ernest Davis. Last week, caught between his near-fanatical devotion to rugby and what amounts to a national dishonor if Maori footballers are excluded, New Zealand's man-in-the-street was making his choice plain: no Maoris, no match...
Bouncing into Washington for a Democratic National Committee palaver, Harry Truman spoke more candidly about Dwight D. Eisenhower than he has done in the seven years since Ike succeeded him in the White House. Plain-talked Harry: "I've always been fond of Ike, as you'll find when my book [Mr. Citizen'] comes out, but I'm so happy he had to fire Sherman Adams and go to work...