Word: downrightness
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...Krauthammer's rabid xenophobia is downright nauseating. He stoops to the most abject revisionism to make his case against America's longtime allies. Allies are friends. Among the things we expect from friends is an effort to prevent us from making mistakes. Going to war over (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was a mistake, and the French were right to oppose the U.S. invasion of Iraq. But France agreed that eliminating the Taliban in Afghanistan was a good idea and still contributes there. America's French ally has been polite enough not to scream "I told you so!" about...
These days it’s hard to find serious writers who are willing to write simple and downright funny stories and stick to what they know—the stuff of their own lives...
...second problem in the way of our liberation is vocabulary. Britney dilly-dallies around her point with euphemisms like “touch of my hand” and “teach myself to fly” because coming right out and using the m-word is just downright weird. Even men stick to euphemism. But although a website titled “The World’s Largest Collection of Female Masturbation Synonyms” claims there are 372 ways to talk about girls touching themselves without ever saying it, I’ll bet a dollar that...
...Star in Her Own Right Richard Corliss's so-called appreciation of Hong Kong pop star and actress Anita Mui, who died in December from cervical cancer, was downright condescending [Jan. 12]. Corliss compared Mui with Greta Garbo, but he gave Mui only a fraction of the respect that Garbo has received. Corliss seemed unaware of the tapestry of friendships Mui wove throughout her life in the treacherous world of show business and unaware, too, of the professionalism she displayed in the series of performances she gave in the months before her death. Mui was more than an "Asian Madonna...
...Harvard men’s basketball team played two identical games on Friday and Saturday night against two vastly different opponents in Cornell and Columbia. Watching the same game unfold twice in one weekend is downright eerie. So eerie that I’ve decided to share...