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Word: plainness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...magic was to inspire foot soldiers and generals alike, blending English lords with plain Americans, reconciling and focusing the energies of haughty, contentious commanders such as Britain's Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and the U.S Third Army's General George Patton. Holding the trust of the grandiloquent politicians such as Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt was just as challenging. It took all Ike had and four packs of Camels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugh Sidey's America: Why We Still Like Ike | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

What every happened to "weird," or "strange" or even plain old "unusual...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Deconstructing Harvard-Speak | 10/27/1990 | See Source »

...They outplayed us, plain and simple," Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "They got the momentum going and we didn't do anything to get it back...

Author: By Liz Resnick, | Title: Elis Slip Past W. Booters, 1-0 In Seniors' Final Ohiri Game | 10/24/1990 | See Source »

...Metzgers "through their agents" encouraged the killing; that the Metzgers and the Oregon skinheads formed a "civil conspiracy" leading to murder; that Seraw's death was caused by the Metzgers' "reckless" and "negligent" selection of a violence-prone agent to organize the Portland group. "This is a plain old wrongful-death suit in a state court," explained co-counsel Rosenthal. "It is a common-law course of action that doesn't bother with fancy federal or state civil rights laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Making War on WAR | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...Jooooe! My maaaaan! Joeeeey! Howya beeeen?" Joe has been better. Joe's roommate just declared his common room the official headquarters of the Killing People Revolutionary Front. Joe's significant other just told him she'd rather be plain old other. The cheesy garden casserole Joe scarfed down at lunch just returned to say hello...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Ah, Bruno, Joe Hardly Knew Ye | 10/21/1990 | See Source »

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