Word: outright
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...senseless criticism, but as genuine concern from a constituent who recognizes that the entire student body at Harvard has a vested interest in the success of the council. I'm not the only student whose frustration with the council and its representatives is on the brink of becoming an outright rejection of the organization as a whole. Take advantage of the optimism of a new administration, grab on to the gusto that caused you to run for the council in the first place and--for your own sake and the sake of the school--do something while you still have...
...improper) have been rejected by two separate appeals courts in the last three years. So, why are there benefit concerts and international student walkouts being sponsored on Jamal's behalf? In the case of the Hollywood celebrities who have lined up behind Jamal, the best explanation seems to be outright ignorance. Most have not critically examined the facts of the case, and when pushed to explain their association with Jamal, most resort to explaining their general opposition to the death penalty. But this raises another question: Why have death penalty opponents embraced this case in the first place...
Harvard officials refused to comment on thepotential development of the site and whether itwould be willing to buy the property outright orin association with the church...
...everyone said no, and soon reports were rife in the Olympic community of five-star boondoggles and outright fraud. You just weren't a self-respecting I.O.C. member if you weren't demanding first-class travel. You were something of a boob if you weren't cashing in those tickets, buying coach and keeping the change. Where once Killy gave out pens, suitor cities now offered furs, jewelry and fine wines. Robert Helmick, a former I.O.C. member and U.S.O.C. president who resigned in 1991 when it was alleged that he had violated U.S.O.C. conflict-of-interest guidelines by representing clients...
...Saddam's fall from power--the ultimate goal of the Administration--seems as elusive as ever. The already weak Iraqi opposition groups to whom the U.S. has given its blessing watched last week's raids with a sense of mounting dread. The Administration has so far withheld outright military assistance for a guerrilla campaign, and would-be recipients fear the bombings will create a false impression of progress toward Saddam's ouster. "Saddam can emerge as a hero who faced down U.S. imperialism," said Hamid Bayati, spokesman for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, an opposition group backed...