Word: downrightness
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...risen from less than 2% of its total economy to around 7% in five years-surely Beijing has something to do with that. But instead of substance, the Americans got a soliloquy-which may explain why, during Wu's speech, some of the U.S. delegates looked bored, fidgety or downright annoyed. One delegation member later joked that Wu reminded him of his "fifth-grade teacher," adding, "I didn't much like fifth grade...
...envy, then, that I regard the legions of pseudo Red Sox and Patriots fans here at Harvard. Being a Philadelphia fan has never been particularly easy but in a rival city that has enjoyed, and from the looks of it will continue to enjoy, remarkable success, it is downright torturous...
...addition, he's tried to shore up his big weakness, a lack of foreign policy experience, by taking trips to Uganda and India, boning up on foreign affairs so much he seemed downright thrilled to drop the names of the leaders of Iran and North Korea in responding to one question in New Orleans...
...called “subdivisions” are even remotely equitable in terms of talent, attention and prestige.They’re not, and we both know it.That’s why this exercise in re-naming is illogical, misleading, and downright insulting.We know who we are, and we’re okay with it. As a fan, I wear my I-AA school distinction as a badge of honor. I’m not exactly in the business of playing professional sports, so I’ll take the higher academic standards, more scholarly focus, and smaller class...
Granted, it’s still interesting subject matter, and Jeezy gets downright interdisciplinary. He explores topics as diverse as religion (“I hope heaven got a V.I.P. line), philosophy (“C.T.E., that’s the label that pays me / I own that, so I pay myself) and, of course, economics (“Still count a quarter mill with my fuckin’ eyes closed / With a hand behind my back and a fuckin’ blindfold?...