Word: outright
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...told, Chrysler will funnel some $56 million into Rootes, which produces Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam and Singer automobiles and three lines of trucks. Half will be in the form of an outright loan; the rest will come from the purchase of additional shares, which will push Chrysler's total stock investment in Rootes to $93 million. To damp the fiery protests in Parliament, most of which came from the Labor backbenchers, the complex refinancing arrangements will also call for Britain, through the state-run Industrial Reorganization Corp., to hold about 13% of Rootes voting stock...
...Guards' noisy and disrespectful descent on their factories in the name of Mao-think. The workers were encouraged in their opposition by much of the Communist Party apparatus still loyal to China's President, Liu Shao-chi. The results were disorders, widespread work stoppages and outright brawling in a score of industrial centers and cities throughout China...
Doubt and confusion, not outright disapproval or opposition, is the most prevalent sentiment. Some students have marched in protest, criticizing U.S. aggression, intervention and all the rest. But the vast majority of young men think of the situation in less cosmic terms. To them, it is the individual predicament that matters--the problems of delaying a career, postponing marriage, leaving home...
...Elsie's, in a dramatic move Wednesday, foiled them outright and raised the price a dime. Quality stays...
...part, California Democratic Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin, who has threatened to challenge Powell's seating, announced that instead of asking for an outright barring, he would request the appointment of a committee to investigate Powell's conduct. Under this plan, Powell could take his seat and draw his salary but would not be entitled to vote during the investigation. Harlem's leaders threatened to dispatch "busloads" of demonstrators to the capital in a spectacle reminiscent of the 1963 march on Washington. The purpose: to pressure Congress to keep its hands off Adam...