Word: downrightness
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...Well," said Mr. Morgan, who has grown downright garrulous with the Press since he became a Senate witness, "I think that if the housemother has to do all the cooking and all the washing and bring up a family of five children besides, she won't have time to educate the children. ... By the leisure class I mean the families who employ one servant, 25,000,000 or 30,000,000 families...
...editors of other London dailies could not spread before their loyal public the panoply of marching kings without also showing Masseur Stoebs, they got over the difficulty with captions identifying him variously as "a representative of Transylvania" and "a representative of Armenia." Unwilling to take refuge in such a downright lie, one editor merely captioned: "Picturesque uniforms worn by some of the suites of the foreign royalties...
Near-candidates, like near-beer, seldom satisfy the public. Wrinkles, furrows, creases and downright ruts have carved their way across William Edgar Borah's face as, during the past generation, his perpetual near-candidacy for President got him nowhere. Last week with the recklessness of 70 years he decided to change his tactics, to step out, not as a full strength beverage, but as a sort of 3.2% candidate. Surely after so many near-attempts, he was entitled to have one final fling at intoxicating the public...
...some confusion which arose regarding the attendance of Radcliffe Graduate students in Harvard courses, every one must present a pink slip to the instructor. It occurred to your Criminal, however, that the incident might be misunderstood; consequently he turns to that never failing source of undergraduate humour, whimsy, and downright Crime, The Widner stacks...
...other two were relegated to the bench. Fearon, however, refused to be phased by such a little thing as having the captain of the team hold down the position which he himself coveted. He continued to show so much fight and spirit mingled with such a large amount of downright playing ability that when the Freshmen tangled with Worcestor, it was he who started while Wilson watched...