Word: outright
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Most experts view the G.O.P. nomination as Dole's to lose. In Le Mars, at least, he seems on the verge of doing just that. Someone else might not win outright, but if Dole's showing in Iowa falls below the 37% he won in '88 against a far stronger field, his predicted lock on the prize could break quickly...
...managers who accepted a company offer of voluntary separation with generous benefits. An additional 4,000 are in operations that AT&T plans to sell, principally some computer-networking operations, and may go with the companies. That, however, leaves about 30,000 people who could be fired outright. They too will be given generous severance. According to AT&T, a typical clerical employee in New Jersey--44 years old, 18 years of service, making $644 a week--would receive more than...
...move also will hurt the graduate students' pocketbooks. The average teaching stipend per semester is about $4,900. Graduate students who don't receive financial aid would lose the money outright. Those on financial aid would be able to apply for grants or students loans, Fryer said...
CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT CHINA HAS resorted to outright kidnapping of the legitimate Panchen Lama and made its own choice in order to control the independence drive of the Tibetan people. We must not forget that China has occupied Tibet. If the U.S. is to be the moral conscience of the world, it must address this issue with China. The Tibetan culture is unique, and it would be an incalculable loss to have it disappear forever. SABIR HASAN New York City Via E-mail
...French storyteller Honore de Balzac could have written this tale of a Faustian bargain gone terribly wrong. In 1965 lawyer Andre-Francois Raffray agreed to "purchase" the house of an elderly client with $500-a-month installments, then a steep price--on condition that he would inherit the property outright the moment she died. Last week, 30 years older and $180,000 poorer, Raffray, 77, expired on Christmas Day. His client, Jeanne Calment, celebrated the holiday with a sumptuous hotel banquet in her hometown of Arles. "We all make bad deals in life," she joked to Raffray when she turned...