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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

He offered no new method of solution, but what he said made plain sense to most U.S. citizens.

From Time Magazine Archive

The eggs are all coming from the drawing board of Pascal H�usermann, 30, a Swiss architect for whom the laying of ovals is not a stunt but just plain sense.

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

Thus lived and died one of the excellent of the earth,—a woman of good, plain sense, a guileless heart, and a sanctified spirit and life.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)




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