Word: outright
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Located in the basement of the Carpenter Center HFA is a resource for films students, a mecca for cinemagroupies, and, in the eyes of many ordinary movie-goers, an outright peculiarity. Films screened at HFA this month include "Sensations: A Holy Orgasm of Shadow-Play," "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer," Sex and Zen," and "Backyard Movie," the later juxtaposing "old home movies" with "cheeky footage of naked men on trampolines and frolicking dogs," according to HFA's monthly bulletin...
...walk a lap or two on the prison track. Now he's winded after climbing down a flight of stairs. He must sleep virtually sitting up, and gets oxygen all night. He fears that a heart attack or stroke could leave him on life support rather than kill him outright. "Serving a four-year sentence on life support," Murphy shudders. "That's scary." Ironically, his life seeps away just minutes from the Mayo Clinic, home to a world-famous heart- transplant program. "It drives me crazy," he says. He stops to breathe. "I'm sitting here dying, and there...
Other students agree that dealing with cases of outright cheating is not part of the Harvard experience...
...words of another students, "it is not outright cheating that occurs at Harvard. It is cheating the system. It is playing the game...
...with spending caps enacted in 1990 and reinforced last August, Clinton aims to slash outlays for nine of 14 federal departments, ranging from Education to Agriculture. That will distribute tens of billions of dollars in budget cuts over some 300 government programs. More than 100 others would be eliminated outright, stretching from a Commerce Department undersea research project to a program aimed at helping keep students from dropping out of school...