Word: downrightness
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...people who thought Stamford, Connecticut was a hell of a lot closer to Milan than it needs to be. So, in the end, the whole business seemed silly. With its reports on New Wave, and the latest ways to dispose of one's disposable income, reading GQ seemed downright unneccessary...
...private banker, with considerable hyperbole: "My family and I are going to be virgins sacrificed on the altar of a Socialist god!" Says an embittered business leader: "The Socialist leveler tide just may succeed where 200 years of recurring French puritanism has failed: to make France colorless and downright boring." As for the shorter workday and higher minimum wage, businessmen insist that less work for more pay will simply make French exports uncompetitive, leading to lower growth and higher unemployment...
...industry. As vacationers pack up and jet away by the millions, bookings rise, revenues soar and profits scoot skyward. This season the travelers will be there once again. But the nation's leading air carriers are awaiting the throngs of eager customers with attitudes ranging from uncertainty to downright trepidation. At every turn, the once proud commercial aviation business is being buffeted by economic change, and the shake-out is altering the whole structure of U.S. air travel...
...domestic news. Rosalynn, 53, "has almost gotten our home liveable and will soon begin her own book." Chip, 31, "is taking care of our farms and our business affairs," and Amy, 13, "is going to a very good school about 20 minutes away." In fact, the former President seems downright hooked on Plains living. Says Jimmy: "I do not feel under any pressure -except to be in a good north Georgia trout stream now that it's fishing season...
...Myths" of an "immutable standard of excellence" are mere veneers for standards that implicitly favor the tenuring of men, one woman professor says, and others concur. Citing as "downright misogynists" the History. Anthropology, and English Departments--all of which, along with ten other departments, were "underutilizing" women, according to the University's most recent affirmative action report to the Department of Labor--one female professor argues that primarily male departments perceive values that would be desirable in a male, like assertiveness, as unappealing traits in female candidates. Randolph, too, believes that male professors are not always likely to share...