Word: downrightness
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...Internet, and the middle-age crafts crowd has begun to demonstrate the same deeply held sense of entitlement felt by 17-year-old Limp Bizkit fans downloading free MP3 tunes. When Hedgepath challenged the piracy of one outfit, brazenly named PatternPiggies, the online postings in response were downright defiant. Shouted one user: "Ladies, this is war, and I'm out for blood...
IVAN THE TERRIBLE The Olympics have not been kind to men named Ivan. The Olympics, not to mention their parents, have been downright cruel to men doubly named Ivan. A primer on three who have appeared...
...Luckily, Kusama picked up on her tension and found it downright electrifying. "She was a tremendous presence," recalls the director. "Michelle had a whole other energy compared to the more seasoned actresses there. She was this real wild card - she had no experience and never even held down a steady job for long. It was like betting all your money on a horse that had never run a race before, but I moved forward with blind faith. She was a natural...
...competition and connivances that made the television series irresistible. Hastily written while Burnett was still on the island, it reads more like the overdramatic diary of a junior high school girl armed with a thesaurus and without any discretion on when to use it. At times, the hyperbole becomes downright nauseating: "Gretchen was crestfallen. All that hard work...that marksmanship...why, she could almost feel the red ripeness of the watermelon dribbling down her chin... Sometimes island living could be so unfair." Similar silly prose dominates the book, which is an easy read if you can keep from gouging your...
College students, unfortunately, are painted by older generations as apathetic about politics. A low voter turnout, even in presidential elections, reinforces this perception. But on a campus such as Harvard, this apathy--whether real or imagined--is downright outrageous. So do your part: Cut this page out and stick it on the Microfridge. Register to vote and file for an absentee ballot today. And, in this crucial election year, make your voice heard...