Word: downrightness
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...gives Bumpers a commanding two-to-one lead. But then Bill Fulbright usually starts from behind because he is too much of an Arkansas traveler; he does not come home enough to suit the voters. Once he does, however, he knows how to please. Shedding his scholarship, he becomes downright folksy as he reminds his constituents how he has looked after them in Washington-and indeed he has. While fretting over international problems, he has always found time to promote such Arkansas products as soybeans and poultry. His constituents, moreover, take pride in his international reputation even if they...
...just sit tight, 'Cause it's all so, so, so downright right...
...psychic adherent's reply is simple: anything is possible. But simply saying that it is so and then supporting the contention with shoddy or downright fraudulent evidence, is not enough. Psychic phenomena cannot be accepted on faith; they must be convincingly demonstrated to objective people by objective researchers. To date, those demonstrations have not been made...
...shop every few months. But one day something different appeared in one of these spaces, something which would not have been out of the ordinary in parts of Atlanta or Washington or somewhere, but which on the outskirts of Exeter was not just extraordinary or inexplicable but downright impossible. How it came to be, no one knows to this day. At its appearance, many residents of the area become concerned, indignant, scandalized, outrageous--or curious. And the curious ones became patrons of this massage parlor...
Despite their differences, both cases illustrate a persistent legal trend. Until a few years ago, a cop who testified with assurance was a prosecutor's best asset. Today, the badge is sometimes a downright liability...