Word: downrightness
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...sergeant was in a spot. It would be dangerous to confess that he lacked power to deal for his country. It would be downright disastrous to try to explain the U.S. State Department to the chief. So the sergeant wrote this protocol...
...involving U.S. troops was a defeat-the setback from Faïd Pass to Kasserine Pass (TIME, March 1). The second action, which ended last week, was a disappointment-the failure to make any appreciable headway in the hills near El Guettar. The third, which began last week, was downright embarrassing-the delaying of the British in the pass before Fondouk by the tardiness of U.S. troops. Out of these actions, U.S. troops have gained humility, determination, and the realization that all the fine points of war cannot be learned on training grounds...
Consultation with the ringleaders of the end-of-school Blowout discloses plans which we are in an advanced stage. Rumors of a name band (viz. Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Pastor, etc.), a flashy hotel ballroom, and a downright reasonable entrance fee indicate a worthwhile way to spend that all night liberty which is customarily extended the "outcumbents" of NSCS. Should you have some good ideas or contacts, see Bob Grant of Class...
...every U.S. citizen who has thought about it at all has believed that the only way to make economic sense out of the U.S. telegraph industry was to turn it into a monopoly. Yet during all those years Western Union and Postal Telegraph have continued wasteful (and, for Postal, downright suicidal) competition with each other. At the same time they have had to buck increasing competition from the telephone, the teletype and air mail...
Miramova's and Leontovich's skillful acting helps to hide their wobbly playwriting, and Jed Harris' expert direction helps further. But a whole evening of temperament, even when it is spoofed, is pretty monotonous. When it is Russian temperament to boot, it becomes downright exhausting...