Word: outright
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...simplistically interpreted as a rejection of Francophone rights and ambitions. Another is that Levesque's Parti Québecois government, after 2½ mixed years in office, seems to be losing credibility with the voters. A third is that no more than 20% of Quebeckers favor outright independence for the province...
...inept, indecisive and thin-skinned. Scorning him as "Queen Abel," a mere figurehead, they believe he will be unable either to end the war or gain real power from the country's 212,000 whites, who retain a strong behind-scenes voice in the government and have had outright control over the army, police, civil service and judiciary for ten years. Says one ZANU official in Mozambique: "At least the leader of a so-called independent Bantustan in South Africa can fire his own police chief." The advantage of the new system to the whites, he contends, is that...
...outright promise by the Soviets to ease emigration rules permanently seems unlikely. Still, the Administration intends to avoid pressure tactics for the time being. Said an Administration official: "It is important that we show them our policy is not designed to undermine them or to rub their noses in the dirt...
...Senator as "an old man kicked out of his home, living in an apartment while his wife got the hogs, the land and the pecan trees. His only home is the Senate." The prevailing view is that Talmadge can be beaten only if the Senate votes to censure him outright-and even then it would be a close race...
...outright assassination," protested Puerto Rican Novelist Pedro Juan Soto, father of one of the victims. "It was a setup that was meant to be a lesson to others," declared Senator Miguel Hernández Agosto, head of the island's once ruling Popular Democratic Party. "The Governor planned it all. It was part of a systematic plan to wipe us out," charged Socialist Leader Juan Mari Bras...