Word: outrightly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...company. Since this raised an obvious conflict-of-interests issue (Beeson was still technically in the employ of a company that could be affected by his NLRB votes), further committee hearings were called. When he got up to play out his Rome-burning scenario, Beeson promised to resign outright from the company and to renounce its contributions to his pension (adding up to $4,424). Said he: "My wife and I are glad to make that sacrifice if it would make the men on the Democratic side happier...
...stirred up more rank & file protest is that prosperity has been high and unemployment low since the act was passed in 1947. It has remained unamended because it was originally passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities, and, until recently, liberally interpreted by a Democrat-controlled NLRB. Furthermore, labor leaders wanted outright repeal. Though the labor leaders have since changed their tune, the Taft-Hartley fight remains a battle of the professionals. And like old pros who have been through all this before, they may well let the battle die-and Congress will feel no need to change...
...Baltimore Orioles released him outright so he might possibly make a deal for himself...
...Ofttimes an individual is not aware of the artful, clever devices which have been employed to rob a man of his independence of judgment. This may take the obvious form of physical force or the threat of force [or] the subtle form of coercion . . . false innuendo, and even of outright lies." The letter asked the prisoners if they were sure they were making up their own minds, if they had considered their families, if they realized that promises might be false. "There is nothing more humiliating than to discover that one has been a fool, used for someone...
...fired forthwith, should let the Corporation know it, for as a Harvard student he is being hurt as much by this public image as any University official. But for this very reason, any undergraduate who thinks the more vocal foes of the University are creating false impressions with outright lies has just as much of a responsibility to set the record straight to anyone who expresses doubt...