Word: downrightness
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LEGENDS OF THE FALL TEACHES US an important lesson: do not impose a mythically resonant name on a child. The responsibility is likely to make him surly, if not downright bloodthirsty. And his tormented thrashings are likely to bring misery, if not downright death, to all who -- mysteriously -- love...
...modest quantities is now dished out in humongous portions that would satisfy Godzilla. Graphing the size of McDonald's largest burgers, from the Big Mac to the Double Quarter Pounder and the Triple Cheeseburger, is like watching America's appetite grow before your eyes. And yet that seems downright modest compared with the bloat at movie- theater concession stands, where candy bars have tripled in size since the '70s. "It's a food and utensil explosion," says Gail Frank, a professor of nutrition at California State University at Long Beach. "For a thousand years we had one glass size...
Hence the glorious relief of those recent holiday meals. The food is unreformed, archaic, predictable -- mashed potatoes and gravy, overcooked veggies, huge slabs of pie. It's democratic, if not downright egalitarian -- meaning pretty much the same collection of foodstuffs whether you dine in a mansion or a soup kitchen. We can give thanks, with a chorus of satisfied belches, that the food is for once meant just to be filling, and that the only entertainment we're likely to find at the table is the people who are seated around...
...reforms of the early 1960s. "And when they started ending the Mass with this 'peace be with you' stuff, where you have to shake your neighbors' hands or kiss them, well, that didn't go over well at all." But at St. Gertrude's, the 10 a.m. Mass is downright stuffy compared with the alternative 10:30 Mass held each Sunday in the adjacent parish gymnasium. It features folk music and an open dialogue between priest and parishioners during the homily. "When they started that folk Mass I was waiting for John Wayne to come down the aisle...
...every editorial space on campus (including this one), the punch process last week appeared to be right on schedule. Students walking through the Yard saw not only my classmate but many of his brethren, most of whom were involved in activities that made performing a Michael Jackson cover seem downright straitlaced...