Word: outright
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Peasants. Following Grigori Zinoviev's pledge to grant long leases of land, if not outright ownership, to the peasants (TIME, Apr. 27), the Government further conciliated and attracted the peasantry...
...authority so liable to blunder as in that of moral distinction. Each generation has corrected and even reversed the standards of obscenity and beauty which its predecessors respected. The constant modification of moral critoria should teach the postal authorities that they cannot be too cautious of hasty and outright condemnation...
...Shipping Board seized three of the Company's ships for nonpayment of notes. Since the Company had paid $2,000,000 on the notes, it demanded a bill from Congress returning the ships outright, or on return sale from the Shipping Board at a price which would make an allowance...
...next Prophezzor also a disciple of Clio denied the first outright: "My aim is to get these young men to view the world in the large. I train them to follow trends, to trace movements, to see universals. If you hold a coin near enough to your eye, it will blot out the sun. Perspective is the word Perspective...
...Chamber. He paced up and down and gesticulated fiercely. As his remarks became more pointed, a slight flush, as if of embarrassment, appeared on the face of the President. Secretary Hughes grinned. Chief Justice Taft looked puzzled. The Cabinet and Supreme Court appeared amused. The galleries tittered, then laughed outright. The Representatives took it in good part. Only the Senators were glum. Senator Reed of Missouri stifled a laugh, Senator Watson sank down in his chair; one or two showed that they were amazed. Senator Wheeler laughed mirthlessly...