Word: outright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Drizzle in Green Bay. Stevenson made his first strictly political appearance and speech of the season at the Wisconsin State Democratic Convention in Green Bay. He seemed uncomfortably restrained, perhaps because he wanted to abstain from outright campaigning until his formal announcement next month. He did no glad-handing and he drew no cheers from the small crowd waiting in the rain at Green Bay. At the Northland Hotel he stayed close to his room, did not visit the Stevenson-for-President offices on the floor above...
Among newsmen in Havana last week, a tall tale or an outright lie drew the same jeering rejoinder: "Even Drew Pearson wouldn't believe that!" The catch phrase was inspired by a recent seven-day vacation in which, Columnist Pearson explained, he planned to "get away from the incessant drumbeat of American politics . . . into the more romantic bongo drumbeat of Cuban politics...
Last week, on a formal visit to New Delhi. Katay accused the Viet Minh of outright aggression, bluntly reminded Nehru that "Laos was an outpost of Indian civilization when there was competition between India and China ... We look to you today for help." In effect, he was challenging Nehru to invoke his old promise from Ho Chi Minh. Nehru simply said: "It's for the people of Laos to solve their own problems, not for others to interfere too much," and offered to help arrange further negotiations between the legal government and the Red interlopers...
...never toured abroad, largely because of cost. One problem: most of the choir members-including lawyers, clerks, filling-station attendants-would have to get leaves from their jobs. But the current tour (estimated cost: $800,000) was finally made possible by benefit dances, banquets, concerts and outright solicitation. To cover any remaining deficit, the wealthy church will dig into its own treasury. And employers, whether Mormons or not, gladly gave their employees leave...
...this might be a doubtful blessing. The Agriculture Department's price-support division already holds as surplus 2,750,000 tons of sorghum outright and under loan...