Word: outrightly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dour Oratory. In any case, the tenor of the regime's early statements made clear that its primary concern was in reinstating outright military rule. "The people were literally being dragged into an electoral adventure," the government announced in words that were reminiscent of the dour oratory of the 1967 coup. Instead of fulfilling the colonels' original goals and bringing about "the cleansing of public life," the official statement continued, Papadopoulos was allowing the country to be pushed "to the same habits against which the armed forces revolted in April...
...Harvard victory would ensure the Crimson of at least a tie for the conference championship, and they could win it outright if Dartmouth should lose to Princeton. Yale could tie for the title with Harvard and Dartmouth if the latter two should meet defeat in saturday's games. These added dimensions should make The Game all the more interesting to Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth fans...
...weary Department of Health Education and Welfare finally accepted Harvard's third affirmative action proposal last week on condition that 13 items be modified--a happier solution than outright rejection for both Harvard and the government...
...today. The primary imperial power and the method of domination have changed, but the result is much the same--these nations, although nominally independent, are still controlled from without. The United States has assumed the position formerly held by England, France and Germany at the imperialist summit. Garrisons and outright colonies are no longer needed; American investment and influence and aculture can usually penetrate the Third World unaided. But American military stands ominously in the background, ready to re-open the channels of direct domination if problems appear. Interventions-- Guatemala (1954), Cuba(1961) and Indochina(1961- )--demonstrate that American imperialism...
Were the men outright liars? Or did they reorder the grisly events, as Arlen suggests, for the sake of their sanity? In foreign war, he observes, the pattern has repeated time after time: "And in each case, it seems, a young officer has said: 'Men! Hold your fire!' and an angry heathen has snapped: 'Shoot...