Word: outright
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...clear decision should be made on whether a weapon is necessary and effective before production begins. Those that appear too costly should be killed outright; the others should be bought at optimal rates. Budget limitations require that the Pentagon and Congress set priorities among weapons rather than deferring production schedules. The missions that the weapons must perform should be clearly defined and dictated by real needs rather than an infatuation with advanced technology. Whether a weapon can be afforded in adequate numbers should be a more important concern than whether it is state-of-the-art; all the latest bells...
...meet the P.L.O. objective of an independent state, it did contain "positive elements." He is well aware of the growing fear among Palestinian moderates both in and out of the P.L.O. that time is running out if the occupied territories are to be salvaged from encroaching Jewish settlements or outright Israeli annexation. West Bank Palestinians, who followed the proceedings in Algiers last week with rapt attention, sent Arafat a petition reaffirming their confidence in his leadership and in effect urging that the P.L.O. back King Hussein's entry into negotiations. Editorialized Al Quds, an Arabic-language daily published...
...member executive committee hammered out its positions in private. The organization's leaders agreed first of all that a show of unity was absolutely essential for the P.L.O.'s survival. Arafat then got his associates to agree that the Reagan initiative would not be rejected outright. Instead, the leaders condemned the plan as "insufficient to meet the whole aspirations of the Palestinian people." Arafat refused to give King Hussein a specific man date to negotiate on behalf of the P.L.O. In fact, TIME has learned that the P.L.O. will accept direct negotiations between the U.S. and Palestinian officials...
...struggle with Japanese manufacturers. What we are asking for is peanuts compared with what we're getting in other states and countries." Eventually Oregon offered to buy $20 million in Hyster preferred stock, and the local union proposed contract concessions worth $7 million. But Hyster, which sought an outright state gift of $5 million to $6 million, rejected the stock deal as "not meaningful," and claimed the union overvalued its offer...
...avoid losing this status, the trustees of the Lampoon met in 1976 with President Bok to discuss contributing funds to the University. That year, the Lampoon gave $60,000 as "an outright gift," Rheault says. Although legally the University can do whatever it wants with the money. Epps has faithfully followed the Lampoon's suggestions regarding who should receive grants evaluating proposals received from the Houses on the basis of their "artistic and cultural" merit...