Word: outright
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were at least partly to blame for the clash and pointed out that "some of those enforcing the law and using the guns were also black." He added that his Administration had no thoughts of amending its policy of "constructive engagement," under which it uses diplomatic pressure rather than outright ostracism to nudge South Africa toward reform. Professing themselves "outraged and disgusted" by Reagan's comments, members of the United Democratic Front, an alliance of nonwhite organizations, refused to meet with Crocker...
There hasn't been an outright winner now in three years, either...
...will be the first to deny it. As genuine and visceral as the excitement of the packed race is--in recent years the Derby has fielded more than 20 horses--the feeling doesn't come close to guaranteeing against a post-race anticlimax ranging from basic ennui to outright collapse...
Three of the nine Justices wanted to ban outright all libel suits by public officials against critics of their performance. The full court went almost as far: it held that journalists should not be liable for the results of honest error about public matters, regardless of how false or injurious the report. Said Justice William Brennan in the majority opinion: "Raising as it does the possibility that a good-faith critic of government will be penalized for his criticism, the proposition relied on by the Alabama courts (that an attack on government performance is a personal attack on government officials...
...Harvard to win the title outright, Princeton must lose to both Cornell and Columbia and the Crimson must defeat Yale. In order to tie for the title. Harvard must defeat Yale and hope that Princeton loses to either Cornell or Columbia...