Word: downrightness
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...things are going, FORTUNE may soon have to publish a 500 Most Wanted list. During the past few months the news has been filled with tales of business schemes and scandals, of corporate intrigue and downright crime. The offenses make up a catalog of chicanery: cheating on Government defense contracts, check-writing fraud, bogussecurities dealing, tax dodges, insider trading and money laundering. Among the culprits: General Electric, E.F. Hutton, Bank of Boston and General Dynamics. Once powerful and respected executives, including Jake Butcher, the Tennessee banker, and Paul Thayer, the former LTV chairman, are now facing the humbling prospect...
...Lubbers, who is Catholic, improvised on his prepared statement to tell the Pope, "In Holland, we are tolerant toward people who are different or who think differently." The clear message: You are not. "To be quite frank," Lubbers added, "simply the word Rome makes some people uneasy, if not downright suspicious...
Contrary to Dickerman's claim, however, not all nicknames have "stupid" beginnings--some are downright intellectual in origin...
...Jews" in his notebook. Kalb's report implied that the former conservative columnist was jotting down his own views. Buchanan, who has declined to speak openly with the press since taking his White House job in February, temporarily broke his silence to call any such implication "misleading" and "downright silly...
...three runs on two hits, nailing down a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and leaping out of the gate on his quest to catch Ty Cobb's 4,191-hit record. Rose, 44, now has fewer than 100 to go. Though he was hot, Cincinnati was downright wintry. The game was delayed twice because of snow. Since the season has been extended by two playoff games this year, the snow could be coming down again before they're done. Baseball's first flake-to-flake season...