Word: outright
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...good deal of credit for the Crimson's success this year--Harvard wrapped up its first outright Ivy League title since 1985 a week ago--must go to goalie Kelly Dermody. Dermody was in net the year Harvard lost to Dartmouth in 1985, the first time in six years the Crimson failed to win the Ivy title. Since then, Dermody has helped lead Harvard to a share of the Ivy crown last year and an outright league title this year...
...women to the streets to cope with Israeli soldiers," cries of outrage erupted in the audience. When he claimed further that the Jewish concern for women and children is something that "is not known in, maybe, your circles," the comment was hotly denounced by the Palestinians as an "outright racist statement." In the midst of this tinderbox, Koppel handled himself with poise / and scrupulous fairness, trying his best (not always successfully) to cut short rambling speeches and keeping emotions under control by the sheer force of his calming intellect...
...function of the yen's almost twofold appreciation against the greenback since 1985. According to the OECD, Tokyo's aid level in 1986 increased 48.4% in dollar terms but only 4.8% in Japanese currency. Moreover, Japanese development assistance has traditionally included a higher percentage of loans, as opposed to outright grants, than...
Gorbachev recognizes the difference between resistance to his policies and outright opposition. Earlier this month the Soviet leader acknowledged that perestroika "has simply frightened people; quite a few have lost their bearings." Even so, he went on, he was not about to back off: "We have every reason to say that the decisive struggle for the success of perestroika has begun." And it will go on with a team more precisely tailored to the boss's wishes...
...societal pressure to have children ("People ask, Are you a child person or not? You're not? O.K."). As for fears of growing old without children, Psychologist Goodchilds explains, "For many, not having children removes the concern of being a burden to your children in old age." However, outright regret is not unusual. Despite three nephews, a golden retriever and a cat, Suzanne Childs, 45, a twice-divorced Los Angeles lawyer, says, "Knowing what I know now, I would have married someone different and had a child...