Word: outright
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...rappers could easily find serious ills to complain about. Japan being Japan, outright unemployment during these hard times remains a low 2.3%, but that may be misleading. Some layoffs have been disguised by the practice of kata tataki, or shoulder tapping. A boss tells an employee, We have no work for you so you'll have to go -- and by the way, this is voluntary, right? A 51-year-old executive at a major musical-instrument manufacturer claims he was sent to sit alone in the basement under half the normal amount of lighting with no work to do until...
...same handful of politicians and parties claimed power as a bulwark against bolshevism. But once the threat of a communist government in Rome fizzled, the cozy coalition system began to implode. In the past year, magistrates have uncovered a spaghetti of corruption -- illicit political payments, bribery, kickbacks and outright thievery -- so tangled that even the tolerant, rule-bending Italians have been shocked. Many watched with a mixture of glee and dismay as nearly 2,500 of the country's political and business elite, from former Prime Ministers and corporate executives to legislators and businessmen, were either arrested or notified that...
...witness whose opinion was requested -- Susan Coates, a clinical psychologist -- had been called by Allen's lawyers. Interestingly enough, even she would not choose outright between the contesting parents, saying, "What is critical for the children is that they find a way to have both a mother and a father...
Clinton is convinced that to help Yeltsin strengthen his hold on power, the U.S. must deliver visible, practical assistance to Russia quickly. He will offer an aid package weighted toward outright grants rather than more loans, which Russia is already finding hard to repay. The plan will put together $417 million now available and another $286 million Clinton is requesting from Congress for humanitarian and technical...
...RUSSIAN POLITICS: The Congress wanted to do some irreversible damage to the President. The Congress did not succeed. The President too wanted actually to dismiss the Congress. It is not proper for the President to do such things. Neither side can win outright, and that's good. Thank God for that. We don't need victors in this situation. ON THE NEXT STEP: Early elections are what our democracy needs now. As early as May. New elections will bring in some very good people, some new forces. ON THE COUP THREAT: We have a different kind of society now. Those...