Word: downrightness
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...remove his adenoids and tonsils, a dentist to plug his teeth, and a psychologist to chart the movements, if any, of his IQ . . . multitudes of special classes for backward pupils . . . struggling with the uneducable ... ten or twelve years of intensive tuition (or, at all events, of pleasant recreation) for downright idiots...
King that whole assembly [the House of Lords] down one or two streets in my division [constituency]. ... I denounce such plans for dealing with unemployment as humbug. . . . Humbug and downright cant...
...society in Boston is of course due to the proximity of Harvard College." It comes always as something of a shock when we are given the giftie to see oursels as others see us; however, Adams annoyance at the strong collegiate infusion in Back Bay circles seems less downright if one remembers his brother's caustic remarks about the college itself...
Chief bugaboo of Adman Collins' life is dullness. "When I pick up a newspaper or look at a magazine." he says, "I find 95% of the copy is deadly serious, in fact downright dreary." Most advertising he finds even worse. Though alert copywriters should pounce merrily on "humor . . . and the human element in situations and merchandise," he warns that they must not be funny more than 5% of the time. He admits: "I do not think there is anything funny about a Baldwin locomotive." Chief tenet of Adman Collins' advertising creed is honesty. He deplores the blasts...
...fundamentally mis-married men, Paul had leanings towards saintliness. Out of business hours he read and thought much about the Roman Catholic Church. When he finally decided to join it Björg was unsympathetic; when she found he intended to bring up their children as Catholics she was downright upset. Her vulgar, cheap-scheming mother encouraged her to leave Paul, have a good time with flashy friends. Paul took Björg as she came and went, worked away at his business, his religion, his children, was quiet and peaceable, full of compassion in all his dealings...