Word: outrightly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most "doves for war," as they were christened by L.B.J. Aide John P. Roche during the 1967 Six-Day War, have little difficulty justifying their seemingly inconsistent positions. To begin with, as Author David Halberstam points out, most antiwar activists objected to U.S. policy in Viet Nam not on outright pacifistic grounds but because they were convinced that Viet Nam was "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." Moreover, the Israelis are hardly seeking the same order of U.S. aid as the South Vietnamese did. Says Idaho Senator Frank Church, a longtime opponent of U.S. involvement...
Nevertheless, it was from this hedonistic compost that the splendors of "late" Japanese culture grew: Kabuki (theater), Bunraku (puppetry) and Ukiyo-e, which, in the hands of its masters, achieved a finesse of technique and design that, as outright decoration, was virtually unrivaled in Japanese history...
...cases, the grannies encounter outright luxury. Coffe tells of an 82-year-old woman placed - supposedly for two weeks - with a banker's family near Aix-en-Provence. "Not only was she met by a chauffeur-driven car and served by maids," says Coffe, "but when I phoned to find out how she was doing, she said she had taken her first plane ride and was planning to winter in Morocco with the family...
LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER, 63, often called "America's Mr. Conservation." The third son of John D. Jr., he has given family land outright to the U.S. (33,500 acres to Grand Teton National Park, 5,000 acres to the Virgin Islands National Park); Rockefeller-started resorts in St. John, Puerto Rico and Hawaii pay for maintaining surrounding areas of unspoiled natural beauty. Laurance Rockefeller serves on state and federal commissions, including recent task force on land use and urban growth. His philosophy: "Land-use planning is essential to environmental quality and good urban growth, and to this...
...shooting gallery. She fired low volleys at his feet, destroyed his famous lobs, put away almost every shot within reach. "I never could get over her head," Riggs later admitted. He unaccountably fed her appetite for backhand smashes and volleys; a full 70 of her 109 points were outright winners-shots that Riggs never touched. Time and again he was forced to watch helplessly as Billie Jean rushed the net and slapped the ball past him. Between sets, Riggs' son Jimmy, 20, said: "Come on, Dad, wake up." No chance. Riggs never really got into the game...