Word: downrightness
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...Bruins are downright Lestyrgonian all down the line but the giant of the offensive line...
...Brown concentrated while the Crimson offense went from a sprint-out type of attack to sets which utilized more play pass action. The results were downright awesome...
Perverse? No, the picture is downright subversive, a brutal comic assault on that most basic of institutions, the family. The attack is every bit as relentless, unfair and "tasteless" as Altman's devastation of the military was in M*A*S*H. Although the family is certainly undergoing change and questioning, the director does not have a national mood of disgust (which Viet Nam provided for the earlier picture) to support him. All he has is his own disarming skill as a moviemaker to keep audiences in an accepting mood...
...kickoff man, but punting is another story. Joe Restic does not have a punter, and more than half a dozen pretenders to the role have been snapping their knees off at practice. We could be talking coffin-corner kicks from deep in our own territory, and that's downright frightening...
...takes its toll on Ackermann herself. As we speak, she is at times the young windblown woman on the campaign posters, hot on a favorite topic like the treatment of troubled youth or the mentally ill. At other times she seems halting, uncomfortable and downright tired as she runs through her paces on standard topics...