Word: downrightness
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...spirit of the church scene is downright infectious, giving the actors a chance to prove that their fervor can overcome shoddy direction and logistical staging difficulties. In the end, they create a vibrant production that engrosses and entertains...
Like the music, the story is vague, aimless, and often downright boring. None of the issues in Jonah's life takes on much significance. Nothing can be moving in a film where the dialogue proceeds on stilts...
...Durkin is blunt, his opponent, Republican Warren Rudman, is downright ingenuous. The beneficiary of vigorous efforts by the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Rudman has watched his incumbent adversary crudely portrayed as a pro-busing, anti-prayer buffoon. One NCPAC leaflet has Durkin teaching a class of children--two of the children are white, with books on their neatly ordered desks. The two Black children are unflatteringly depicted; their desks are messy and bookless. John Durkin, the leaflet states, casts "anti-child" and "anti-parent" votes...
...seems incongruous that a group whose members' wages are paid by taxes would sponsor a tax-cutting measure. In fact, it sounds downright fishy. But that's what Question 3 on tomorrow's ballot--sponsored by the Massachusetts Teachers Association--would technically do: limit state and local tax increases to the rate of annual per capita growth in income. It would also shift the state's share of the tab for local education from 30 to 50 per cent...
...historical vacuum: but the tragedy of the Philippines lies in American foreign policymakers' refusals to absorb the lessons of the past. It will be intriguing to see how America tries to defend its global interests in the region when confronted by yet another government which views the U.S. as downright treasonous...