Word: outrightly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the state was unwilling to free him outright, his attorney preferred the risks of trial to the near certainty of confinement for life. The court agreed and ruled that Lang should be tried. Said Bernard Deeny, a perplexed assistant state's attorney: "The court has ordered us to give him a trial, but I don't see how we can." Nonetheless, the trial is scheduled to begin next week...
...then what can you say about the story of a 25-year-old girl that died?" Outright laughter, plain and simple...
Seaborg has used similar tactics to meet the emotional challenges of Gofman and Tamplin, who contend that the AEC's policies are nothing less than outright genocide. In response, Seaborg acknowledges the dangers of radiation, yet insists that the AEC's precautions have been more than adequate. Such a reply, however, may not be enough. Public anxiety over the real or imagined dangers of the atom was on the rise even before Gofman and Tamplin unleashed their polemic. One evidence of this is the proliferation of conservationist lawsuits attempting to block construction of nuclear plants...
...Nixon Administration faces a dilemma over how to react to the base at Cienfuegos. An outright confrontation with the Soviet Union, in an area deep within the traditional "U.S. sphere of influence," would almost certainly rule out the advancement of top-priority Administration objectives concerning the SALT talks, the war in Viet Nam, and the stalemate in the Middle East. The U.S. seems to be resigned to the presence of Soviet naval vessels in the Caribbean, with the submarines serviced in international waters from a tender based in Cuba. But it hopes that the Soviets will not force the issue...
...establishing Britain as a major world leader. Many of his critics feel that as a result he has failed to come to terms with the day-to-day problems of running the government. They complain that his unexpected victory over Labor in June has turned his natural cockiness into outright arrogance...