Word: downright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Frollo, the warped High Justice, Sir Cedric Hard wicke is the menacing, sadistic, downright despicable villain he should be. But Edmond O'Brien in the role of the young poet Gringoire is a little too enthusiastic and shallow when he shouts about the destruction of a printing press, "Its home you may destroy, but not its spirit...
...ceremony had a meaning beyond the purely religious. The veneration of Mary, considered sentimental, superstitious or downright sinful by most Protestants, is historically significant. Mary in Catholic theology is the No. 1 saint. In the imagination of many Catholics, she is even something of a radical, the special friend of the "poor and humble."* Like individual Catholics, the Church has traditionally turned to Mary in times of trouble, and has drawn strength from what, in politics, would be called her mass following...
...expects much furor love petit larceny these days when the top men in the field are hitting Brinks for millions, but indifference is downright impolite. If the small-timer does not rate headlines, he at least deserves the dignity of arrest. "Attention must be paid to these men of little talent, who nonetheless are doing their best...
Disheartening as this dash of cold water might be to Europe's neutralists and for-lorn-hopers, Russia's tough words were considered downright encouraging in some ways by Western diplomats. They find the Kremlin's refusal to negotiate defensive, rather than a sign of confidence and strength. In France, Russia's intransigent tone was calculated to help overcome
...thousands of startled newcomers from the outlands recoil each year at the prospect of sending their own flesh & blood to the public schools. In some strata of the city's big professional, business and intellectual communities, a man not only loses face, but is likely to be considered downright heartless if he democratically consigns his offspring to a public school. Brigades of men & women who love the city for its theaters, shops and bridge-laced distances move to the suburbs each year because their young have reached school age. More than 335,000 children of those who stay...