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He was the evening’s most ornate improviser, but his bond with the concert’s house rhythm section — Peter Washington on bass, Willie Jones III on drums — made plain sense.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2011

Kohl even claimed, against the plain sense of the agreed wording, that the third zero was still a possibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Bush blandly denied that he had made any such link, the denials contradicted the plain sense of his words.

From Time Magazine Archive

Can the bubbling lava of this decade's news be captured by human understanding and shaped into summary that makes plain sense?

From Time Magazine Archive

It speaks plain sense on faults and follies that are usually gently satirised; and makes fine invigorating reading.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by James Runciman




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