Word: outright
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...response was considerably less harsh than it might have been. The Government could have ordered an outright ban on exports to the States by the two companies, along with fines and jail terms for their executives. The action, said Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, "represents a measured response that we hope will dissuade other firms from violating U.S. regulations...
...after only six days in 1967. The siege has therefore boosted the popular stock of the P.L.O. in the Arab world. Although most of the Arab governments probably wanted to see the troublesome P.L.O. cut down to size militarily in the early phases of the invasion, none desired an outright defeat. In the past month, there has been a grudging resurgence of Arab support, if for no other reason than self-interest: the Palestinian issue has long been a litmus test of Arab nationalism, and no regime that wishes to stay in power can afford to ignore...
Since Israel became a country in 1948, the U.S. has given $14.9 billion in military aid. About a third has been in the form of outright grants, the rest in loans that must be repaid within 30 years. Israel's formidable fighting machine includes an air force in which fully 85% of the 602 combat aircraft are American-built. Among them: 40 F-15 Eagles, 75 F-16 Fighting Falcons, 138 F-4E Phantoms and 246 A-4 Skyhawks...
Their festering disillusion erupted last week into outright revolt. The immediate cause was the ongoing congressional fight over a proposed bill, strongly supported by the President, to raise taxes by $98.9 billion over the next three years. The battle lines were drawn with special clarity on Wednesday, first at a series of no-nonsense meetings at the White House between Reagan and G.O.P. congressional leaders, and then at an evening strategy session attended by a disparate array of discontented conservatives...
...that the impasse, which one White House expert says "has caused the most disruption in the alliance in 20 years," has been resolved. The Reagan Administration insisted again last week that it is committed to the sanctions. But France and Italy have rejected the embargo outright, and West Germany and Britain announced that they would encourage companies to honor construction contracts signed with Moscow...