Word: outright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the Harvard House gained last year marked the fist time since the war that the Eli's did not gain the Trophy outright. Except for the years 1943 through 1946 when there was no competition, Harvard has won the Cup only once, in 1942 when the Crimson triumphed in seven of the nine contests. Including last year, the series has ended in a tie three times. In the eleven years of actual competition, Yale colleges have won 56 contests, Harvard Houses 41 and there...
...Colorado, Jacob Javitts of New York, and Herbert Lehman of New York--claim that the McCarran Act has so many weaknesses that it will do the Communists more good than harm. Backers of the Act assert that to oppose it implies weak tolerance of the Communists if not outright sympathy with them...
...equal to the cost of U.S. Government for the six years preceding World War II, does not include contract authorizations, i.e., money still to be spent, or loans which have been paid back by foreign governments. The big items in money already spent: military aid, $6,052,000,000, outright economic...
This time, in a highly topical spoof of a lady ambassador to "the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg," she plays one of those high-up roles made to order for her lowdown ways. She observes protocol with a pratfall, practices diplomacy by outright propositioning. When she gets fired and can no longer be called Madam, a grateful Lichtenburg hangs a cross round her neck that entitles her to be known as a Dame. For romance she has Paul Lukas, a distinguished actor who manages to seem so while having no opportunity to act; and for assaulting the rafters, there are such...
...waited for action by the United Nations, we would have faced the possibility of a prolonged filibuster in the General Assembly or an outright veto in the Security Council. The Soviet delegation has often shown its readiness to use both of these tacties; it is doing so right now. Furthermore, recognition of the difficulty in obtaining the General Assembly's required two-thirds majority has prompted the British to introduce an enabling resolution so ambiguous, and at the same time so mild, that it actually would provide little further justification for MacArthur than the resolutions of the 25th and 27th...