Word: plain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book a testimonial to the "whole man," but fortunately he is not so pompous. In fact, one of the man's few virtues is his lack of condescension. The journal is full of simple declarations of the equalness of blue-collar and white-collar man, and the trusting plain-faced manner in which Coleman voices this truth makes one believe he is not mouthing high-falutin' doctrine...
...euphemistically, Pei's problem may be what Back Bay Association president Daniel J. Ahern has called "the inevitable problems that everyone runs into when they build on Boston's weak foundations," or it may be a native reaction against disturbing Boston's more sedate areas, or possible it is plain bad luck. Whatever the reason, the New York-based architect has not had an easy time in Boston. And his hard times in the Hub have raised questions about both Pei's architectural supervision of his projects and his sensitivity to community desires...
...best voter percentages in Nebraska in 1960 and 1968, and only a few other states did better for him in 1972. Yet the World-Herald concluded last week that Nixon should resign. A remarkable number of other major newspapers that had previously supported Nixon?including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Kansas City Times and the Los Angeles Time?urged his removal from office. The nation's largest newspaper, the normally pro-Nixon New York Daily News, stopped short of demanding impeachment, but said the President's failure to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee "demonstrates an appalling insensitivity...
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Grant's business tactics are plain and profitable. Wise to the dangers of overexposure, he for bids the group to make television appearances and insists on a year's delay between albums. Because Grant himself acts as booking agent and guarantees to split any losses with concert promoters, Led Zeppelin keeps for itself a whopping 90% of gross profits, compared with 50% other groups. Last year's 34-city Zeppelin tour of the U.S., arranged by Grant, earned an estimated $4 million for the group. To sweeten those figures-and his own income, estimated...