Word: outright
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With the race focusing increasingly on the Tories and Labor, the Alliance was struggling. Its leaders, Liberal David Steel and Social Democrat David Owen, still hoped to hold the balance of power in a "hung" Parliament in which neither of their two rivals had an outright majority, but that possibility receded as their campaign failed to ignite. Steel and Owen added to their problems by disagreeing over possible participation in a coalition government. Steel called it "unimaginable" to support the Tories, while Owen wanted to keep all options open. They patched up the split, but Thatcher and Kinnock dismissed...
...FORCES IN South Vietnam seem to be trying everything short of outright fighting to stem the growing strength of the guerilla revolt. But plush relocation camps to concentrate the peasants and helicopter supply lifts cannot sustain unpopular President Diem's rule without direct U.S. military support. Even such military action, however, would be likely to succeed only in the distant future. If U.S. policy continues, as guerilla fighting spreads and more American troops pour into Vietnam, the U.S. will doubtless be involved, in a shooting capacity, with a long and messy jungle...
...start of last week Baker did. Though Reagan claims that Fahd offered his contra contribution voluntarily, Baker asserted that the President would have been within his rights to ask for the money outright. "I've been absolutely astonished to hear people say that it was illegal for . . . the President to solicit funds for the contras," the chief of staff declared on NBC's Meet the Press. The Boland amendment, he said, "never mentioned the President...
...disagreements over the Boland amendment's provisions, it seems clear enough that Congress intended to shut off for a period any kind of U.S. Government aid to the contras. Last week's testimony turned up new specific acts that show how the law was intentionally circumvented and probably violated outright by Government officials. Among the acts...
...comes to terms with the antismoking fervor that has gripped much of the public, more and more firms are regulating the use of tobacco in the workplace. According to a study by the Bureau of National Affairs, about 35% of all U.S. companies restrict smoking (only 2% ban it outright), and an additional 20% are studying the issue. In many cases, companies have no choice: 17 states and hundreds of localities outlaw smoking in offices and other workplaces. The Surgeon General's report last year asserting that smokers create health risks for nearby nonsmokers has encouraged companies to promote smoke...