Word: outright
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...housing and "fundamental agrarian education" aimed at turning the withdrawn Indians into cash-crop farmers and cash-spending consumers. In contrast to the Arbenz regime's land reform decree, which retained a lien on government-issued land (to keep beneficiaries voting the right way), the new law gives outright possession. To prevent estate owners from buying their land right back, it forbids resale for 25 years without government consent...
...shortage of capital. To encourage U.S. private investment, C.E.D. joined the clamor for lower corporate taxes on overseas earnings of U.S. firms (a proposal that the Eisenhower Administration has already urged on Congress). Since Government aid would still be necessary, C.E.D. endorsed the principle of loans rather than outright grants, "devoted mainly to the creation of basic economic facilities such astransportation and development of water resources." Such economic help, along with technical assistance, said the report, "is now one of the main channels through which the West can keep in contact with the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America...
...clinch the title outright, Russia must beat the Canadian's tomorrow in the final game. Some Cortina observers have predicted that Canada will bounce back from its defeat at the hands of the U.S. to beat Russia. In this case, Russia, Canada, and the U.S.A. would end up in a three-way tie based on won-lost records. The title would then be decided on a goals-for and goals-against basis...
...very watered-down version of the original. Earlier drafts, which bluntly declared the court decision null and void (after the style of Calhoun's nullificationist South Carolina in 1832), were abandoned when it became apparent that they would probably not pass the general assembly. Many assemblymen feel that outright nullification would be absurd and futile; other Virginians fear that it might interfere with the Gray Plan (TIME...
Latin American reaction ranged from chilly skepticism to outright rebuff. Snorted Cuba's U.N. delegate: "What the Russians want is to place spies and agitators in Latin America." Snapped Santiago's El Mercurio: "The U.S.S.R. is making a false offer in an attempt to extend its tyranny." In Rome, Traveler Juscelino Kubitschek spoke as the President-elect of Latin America's biggest nation: "We know from past experience that the Russians never give anything without trying to take at least twice as much in return...