Word: downrightness
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...dignity back to Washington. Even while president, his demeanor never suggested the sort of rugged reliability and upstanding moral constitution to which we have now grown accustomed to seeing in our leadership. However prominent his shortcomings may have been, though, I refused to believe Clinton capable of such downright bawdiness as he displayed this past Sabbath morning. Sure, he might misbehave in the Oval Office, but surely Clinton would respect the gravitas of the Fox News Sunday studio. Sadly, though, the former president proved himself lacking in both dignity and restraint. In response to host Chris Wallace?...
...says W. Hugo Van Vuuren ’07, Crimson Key secretary, “and offer some individuals the opportunity to become famous.” Van Vuuren, stealthily, is also an on-campus Apple representative. Not everyone, however, appeared to have been entertained, and some were downright annoyed that they were expected to cheer for the contestants. “I didn’t want any of them to win,” groused Mihir Gupta ’10. “What incentive do I have to get a sore throat so that other people...
...Lindsey Graham has been a disappointment to the conservatives who were the heart and soul of his campaign would be an understatement," Republican political consultant Jeffrey Sewell wrote last week in the State, one of South Carolina's largest newspapers. "Unfortunately, our senior Senator has moved from disappointing to downright dangerous." Some Republicans are encouraging wealthy shopping-center developer Thomas Ravenel to take Graham on in the 2008 G.O.P. primary and have circulated an online petition to draft him. Ravenel--who has called Graham "the third Senator from New York"--says he has "no intention" of running against...
...deceived by her. If you only knew what I had to live through with her, you would hold it against me that I did not find the energy for so long to separate myself from her. The postcard I received from little [Hans] Albert had been inspired, if not downright dictated, by her ... When I write to him, I get no response. Under these circumstances it appeared as if I couldn't see the children at all if I came now to Zurich in July, as I was firmly resolved to do. So at the last minute I decided, while...
...jaunty-was reminiscent of his last, infamous cockpit trip, onto the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in May 2003 to announce the "end" of major combat operations in Iraq, beneath a mission accomplished sign. His public language is more cautious than it used to be, but he seemed downright frothy in a private session with the congressional leadership after his press conference...