Word: outright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cardinal is one of those novels that may have the undesired effect of cheapening a fair cause. In this instance the cause is the right of the Catholic Church to teach and sustain Christianity in its own way. To some extent. The Cardinal is an outright, often vigorous pro-church tract that ploddingly touches on nearly everything from birth control to Author Robinson's view of the church's view on separation of church and state. But the author has included so many banal fictional tricks that both tract and story quickly reach a sustained level of stupendous...
Reactions of European officials to Clarence Streit's arguments range from a slight interest in the idea to suspicion and outright hostility. British statesmen listened to the scheme with the look of deliberate patience reserved for small children and the harmlessly insane. Down at the heel though she was, Britain was still a world power. Was someone suggesting that she become a 49th state...
...still that Justy parody of the 1925 road show that got lost, "The Gladiola Girl." In it everyone is competent, and no one outstanding. John Beal, who was given star billing for his part in this and a few other numbers, proves only that this billing was an outright gift. Beal is a pleasant performer, however, who might be excellent with top-notch material...
...grown out of her playing the role of bird-brained Lorelei Lee in Broadway's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: "I won't say that people actually think I'm just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards...
...only outright excise repeal the Ad ministration had in mind was the 3% tax on freight transportation and the 20% tax on baby oils, powders and lotions. A few other items came in for varying cuts: plane, bus and train tickets (from 15% to 10%), long distance telephone and telegraph tolls (25% to 15%), furs, luggage, jewelry and cosmetics (20% to 10%). The tax would stay on such items as movie tickets, sport goods and autos-and the 10% tax on radio would be extended to television sets as well...