Word: outright
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would simply be tragic [if Webster won] because then the states could outlaw abortion outright or make it so only the wealthy could afford it," Julia L. Shaffner '91, a group member, said. "The concept of having to carry a pregnancy to term is repulsive...
...Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, candidate of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party, left all rivals for the country's presidency far behind by polling an outright majority, 54% of the estimated 1 million ballots cast. Cristiani's victory, however, was muted by a voter turnout of only about 50%. The high rate of abstentions translated in part to support for the boycotting Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.), the Marxist guerrilla force that has battled for power for the past nine years...
...Simon Brett or Stuart M. Kaminsky, a new Jonathan Valin or Michael Allegretto. These less heralded figures often produce a prose more intense and flavorful, a sense of scene more convincing and a story more tightly wound yet believable than the brand-name superstars. And occasionally an outright newcomer, not hardened thus far by his agent's insistent counsel to repeat what worked before, will come up with a tale that delights by being absolutely original...
...minority groups self-segregating? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. Albert Hsia, in his March 9 editorial, criticized the Asian American Association (AAA) and other minority organizations for what he believed was their tendency toward self-segregation. But in backing up his opinion with outright falsehoods and blanket statements, he overstepped his bounds and demonstrated an ignorance of what minority groups strive to do and actually...
...fights a duel or settles scores in some form or other, by military force, for example. But Ligachev is my opponent. We simply have different opinions, different points of view on certain questions of tactics. Well, of course, I think he is more conservative, if not to say outright conservative, to put it simply. That is why I think this complicates the process of perestroika. There are, however, some forces behind him. They cannot be defined; they are not organized; you can't identify them as Ivanov or Petrov, but they exist. Not to the extent of representing an opposition...