Word: downrightness
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...short burst ofopen throttle guitar noise which quickly gives wayto Bobby Schayer's relentlessly aggressive drumwork. From there, Graffin's raspy singing and Mr.Brett's sloppy guitar take over. The melody of"Kerosene" is understated but irrepressible anddoesn't reach its critical mass until the chorus,when it becomes downright anthemic in its sweepand drama. The lyrics of "kerosene" are adisarmingly blunt look at the world ofhomelessness, where men and women die fromexposure, where "shelter is the privilege of thesane and competent," and where burning kerosenekeeps people warm...
...great thing about Congress -- what makes it so downright zany -- is that what really matters is not what's right for the country, but what's right for the Congresspersons. They are only human...
...transformation. The welltanned pseudo-slackers run for the libraries, sneaking in as much studying as they can before the morning sun finds them at work. Getting caught studying is unsightly, a sure sign that the overachiever is, no matter how hard he or she cavorts and parties, a downright nerd...
...Olde table, scheduled to meet every other Thursday at 6 p.m., was the brainchild of Eliot House government and economics tutor David D. Kane, who found late night debates in college "downright...
Refusing to comment for a story is one thing. But some people get downright testy about...