Word: downrightness
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...must take six weeks of training in such subjects as personal budgeting, pest control and basic home repairs. A system of fines is imposed on residents who break the rules. "Being poor doesn't give you the right to be dirty or lazy," she says. Though the bylaws seem downright harsh, in six years only five families have been evicted for breaking them...
Luckily, the original clever, funny and downright likable core of this play has managed to emerge from each remake unscathed, and, if this slightly updated Currier House stage production is any indicator, there's still plenty of life left to keep new audiences happy...
Bush beat Dukakis and Yale will beat Harvard. The election wasn't pretty. The Game will be downright ugly. Face it, this just isn't the Crimson's season...
...They don't seem to mind if what they say isuntrue," he said. "They don't seem to worry ifit's misleading. They don't seem to care that whatthey do is downright mean. If it sounds good, sayit. If it sells, package it. If it looks good,nominate...
...policy has been as empty as Dan Quayle's resume." A few yee-his ring out. But when Bentsen segues to Dukakis and the Massachusetts Miracle, the crowd becomes silent. After the speech, an old woman in a faded sundress who works for the county's Democratic Party sounds downright gloomy. "It used to be all Democratic here," she says. "Now there are a lot of folks who would like to see Bentsen running for Vice President with Bush...