Word: outright
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nazis were not fooled. They gradually took over the paper, allowed it an illusion of independence, and traded on its former prestige to argue the German case abroad. Finally, in 1943, the Nazis gave up pretending and killed the 86-year-old Zeitung outright...
...hemorrhage was a big one and Mr. Roosevelt was killed outright. A lesser but still serious break may leave its victim with one side of his body paralyzed, to be helpless for months...
...interest and history in Asia since the 17th Century. China's historic right to Manchuria is unquestionable; Russia's historic urge toward both Manchuria and Korea is inescapable. At the least, Russia will almost certainly demand economic (which also means political) priority in Manchuria; at the most, outright possession. In either case, Russia would then be the great Asiatic and Pacific power, in a position to dominate China as well...
...Lend-Leased abroad? The United Kingdom gave a partial answer last week. She paid $31,500,000 to Leo Crowley's Foreign Economic Administration for the 58,000 machine tools which the U.S. has shipped Britain under Lend-Lease-the first nation to buy such material outright...
...power to ban the hair-raisers outright, but a word to the wise should do as well. A word to the wise, from CBC, has already eliminated all pregnancy episodes from Canadian soap operas. "We expect no difficulty," says Dr. Frigon, who is now busy dropping hints about horror to Canadian stations...