Word: downrightness
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...groping sincerity, combined with his lack of facility in expressing what he has to say, makes him at times almost incoherent, at times downright silly. But he is respected if not read by the U. S. at large, which has been taught to regard him as one of its few genuine home-grown authors. Three years ago Anderson settled -in Marion, Va., bought two country papers, one Democratic, one Republican, edits them impartially, contentedly. Thrice married, he has three children. Other books: Windy McPherson's Son, Winesburg, Ohio, Poor White, Triumph of the Egg, Horses and Men, A Story...
Dismayed was the Navy last month to discover that the heavy sternposts of five of these new men-o-war were defective, that their rudders might rip away on turns made at high speed. But downright disheartening was the discovery last week that all eight cruisers at sea have such a short, jerky roll as to interfere with the accuracy of their gunfire. The sternpost flaws might have been the fault of the shipbuilders or of the subcontractor who supplied all the castings. The choppy roll was directly attributable to the Navy's own design...
...shouted a short, slender, red-headed young Irishman named Frank Murphy last September as he campaigned to be Mayor of Detroit. Times were hard but he would bring practical relief. Many good Detroit citizens were surprised when "Dew & Sunshine" Murphy was elected Mayor but many, many more were downright astonished when he, unlike most politicians, pitched in vigorously to execute his campaign promises...
...marital tales of 230 widows, divorcées and newly-marrieds he put aside as not being characteristic. Of the rest, 365 said they were not dissatisfied with married life; 30 said they did not know; 375 said they were downright dissatisfied...
...failures of modern life that has worried the Vagabond more than the business depression or the post war madness is the decline, yes and the downright fall, of the theatre. Time was when the old fellow could slump down in his seat and enjoy the full richness of Booth's baritone or the exquisite pathos of Mrs. Fiske's Becky Sharp. But now he is subjected to the baser aspects of free love or human propagation whenever he so much as steps into a theatre...