Word: downrightness
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...Some readers found the cover illustration of Donald Rumsfeld downright scary. "That's one of the most frightening pictures ever to appear on your magazine," wrote a Massachusetts woman. A Texan called it "an image of Big Brother." But a North Carolina reader saw something quite different: "Rumsfeld's eyes in your portrait have the same look as those of Michelangelo's David. Some say the sculptor tried to portray David at the moment when he determined to slay the giant. Perhaps Rumsfeld is regarding Saddam or a false Goliath of terrorism...
After over $30,000 of tuition and another four digits on textbooks, hundred-dollar sourcebooks can feel like the last straw. The most expensive of these packets of photocopies, topping off at over $150, seems downright extortionary. But despite appearances, Harvard officials insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...
After over $30,000 of tuition and another four digits on textbooks, hundred-dollar sourcebooks can feel like the last straw. The most expensive of these packets of photocopies, topping off at over $150, seems downright extortionary. But despite appearances, Harvard officials insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...
...murder her unborn son. All she did was eliminate the “product of conception” because she did not want to subject her inconvenient offspring to an impoverished life. The legacy of Roe vs. Wade makes her decision to murder her unborn son not evil, but downright virtuous...
...album’s ten songs is the logical continuation of the band’s brand of blissful, heady pop. Sam Prekop’s vocals still melt into the guitar lines, and there is still that straight and clean guitar strumming that provides rich harmonic landscapes for downright beautiful melodies...