Word: outright
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposal seemed unlikely to satisfy either of the superpowers. A skeptical Vance endorsed it tepidly as an "important suggestion." To no one's surprise, Moscow rejected it outright. "The illogicality of such a proposal is obvious," scoffed the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia, charging that the idea had been "borrowed from across the Atlantic Ocean...
...dissent. Usually, its actions against insurgent campesinos take place in provincial backwaters, thus escaping widespread attention. This time, however, the regime moved against a foreign embassy in the full glare of worldwide publicity. Said one diplomat in Mexico City: "It is worse than the Iranian hostage business. This is outright murder...
Moscow responded with even more vitriol. In a statement to Pravda, Soviet Communist Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev accused Washington of launching "a shameless anti-Soviet campaign," being "outright hypocritical" and telling "mountains of lies" about the Soviet action in Afghanistan. Said the Kremlin's aging chief: "The impression is increasingly forming in the world of the U.S. as an absolutely unreliable partner in interstate ties, as a state whose leadership, prompted by some whim, caprice or emotional outbursts ... is capable at any moment of violating its international obligations...
Though the Soviet Union was not mentioned by name, the resolution just passed by a lopsided vote of more than 5 to 1 was an outright condemnation of Moscow's invasion of Afghanistan. The "armed intervention," it said, was "inconsistent" with the U.N. principle of the "sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state." It thus demanded "the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan" and called on U.N. members and international relief organizations to help all Afghan refugees. The last of the resolution's eight points required the Security Council to "consider...
Since no one appears strong enough to win an outright majority, some sort of coalition government seems inevitable. Muzorewa, whose party polled 67% of the vote last April (without Patriotic Front participation), should retain a substantial bloc. His party is by far the best organized, and he will surely benefit from the rift within the Patriotic Front. Some observers feel that Nkomo's recently adopted conciliatory tone suggests a pragmatic attempt to forge links with whites as well as other black factions, including members of the Bishop's own party. Mugabe, who has yet to return to Rhodesia...