Word: downright
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there much hope to be gleaned from the overall market. Auto sales, and with them an opportunity for a strong GM rebound, aren't expected to recover for quite a while. GM is renowned for its optimistic sales forecasts, but its outlook for the next three years is downright dismal. (Read "The Ripple Effect of a Potential GM Bankruptcy...
...will show them I’m not kidding.” Or so he thought. Instead, “Berlin” flopped—or nearly did, anyway. The album was reviled by many of Reed’s critics as either a missed opportunity or a downright depressing and shockingly awful effort. While it didn’t take 33 years for the music industry and its critics to realize their mistake, it took the curmudgeonly Reed that long to play “Berlin” again as it was meant to be performed: onstage...
...Alright, so maybe custodians of The Beatles catalog made the right decision in staying out of the video game business this long. But in a medium where music selections have ranged from decent to downright awful, the inclusion of The Beatles is a sign that it’s getting better all the time...
...Will Petty and Skye Thompson posted a notice on Craig's List last May announcing their website FieldReport.com, which offers pots of prize money for the best nonfiction stories submitted, they were met with incredulity and even foul language by skeptics who thought they smelled a rat. "They were downright rude to us," Thompson recalled. "We were really shocked." (A typical post: "Yeah right...
...sleek black suit, ready to take on modern religious extremists. Maher then appears driving in his car, engaged in a vain monologue that is unfortunately spliced throughout the film, causing it to lag. Luckily, most things that come out of Maher’s mouth tend to be downright hilarious—you just have to get past the fact that Charles, who directed “Borat,” chose to center Maher’s global road trip around a poorly shot, highly generic interview...