Word: outrightly
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...origins of the underworld. It doesn't tell us much about the underworld's organization, either, or about the bases of its power in a corrupt system, in a country whose basic premises of economic exploitation pass naturally, without a whimper, from the barely legal to the outright illegal. The Godfather II is like dynastic history--full of human interest, good gossip, and referring in passing to more important, underlying historical events. Visually it's a treat, and the understated performances of Pacino and Lee Strasberg are fine. But in the end it is a waste of time...
...must admit Genevieve has never tried to take away any of my "good" songs. Her songs were given to her outright by her husband, who indeed wrote the show for her. I am quite satisfied with the songs I have (one of which stops the show...
Democrats: Either outright gasoline rationing or a gasoline tax increase of up to 100 per gal. or mandatory allocation of oil and other sources of energy-or some combination of those options. Also, fatter excise taxes on big cars...
Like all good literature, the memos are as interesting for what they imply as for what they say outright. For example, the reasons most frequently given for inviting congressmen to the Institute of Politics are educational--to let students get a look at their elected representatives, and to let the elected representatives learn about the accumulated wisdom of American scholarship. In Daly's memo, though, congressional seminars are listed in the paragraph on how to "increase our participation in development of appropriate policies and legislation"--lobbying. Schmidt's memo cuts even deeper, straight to the weaknesses inherent in an electoral...
...largest denominations (2.8 million U.S. members, 300,000 more outside the U.S.). In 1969 conservatives captured its leadership, and last winter nearly 400 moderate students walked out of its major seminary and established a rival seminary in exile (TIME, March 4). Now the Synod may well be facing an outright schism within its ranks, probably after its biennial convention next July...