Word: outrightly
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...hoping that whoever took it took [the gong] in fun—as opposed to outright stealing it—and that we could have something fun like a series of skirmishes to get it back,” Adams Co-Master Sean Palfrey said. “But I haven’t heard a thing about the gong, and that makes me lose my sense of humor. I spent half a year looking for the gong before I bought...
...victory earned the team at least a share of the Ivy League title, which it clinched outright on Saturday with a 33-3 win over Brown. The accomplishment marks Cornell’s fifth Ancient Eight championship and third in four years...
...there is still a slim chance that gay-marriage opponents in the Bay State--including G.O.P. Governor Mitt Romney--will find a way to stop the marriages before May. But the state's highest court is not likely to approve any delays, so stopping gay weddings would probably mean outright defiance of the court. Most observers don't think Romney would risk his future on an Orval Faubus ploy...
...severe than expulsion from the Ad Board and the Faculty. The most severe case, when admitted rapist D. Drew Douglas was “required to withdraw” by the Ad Board, elicited such widespread campus outrage in 1999 that a meeting of the full Faculty dismissed him outright by a wide margin. Yet this is the exception to the rule — dismissal is a punishment that has only been employed once in nearly two decades. And in any case, dismissal is still a step down from the outright expulsion convicted sex offenders deserve...
...Bros. gave out only VHS copies, the bootleg was not of great quality. But its existence is an embarrassment after a year of high-profile debate over the risks of screeners--a beloved industry perk. Valenti of the M.P.A.A. had pushed hard to fight piracy by banning all screeners outright. But independent studios complained the ban would penalize small movies trying to get award nominations. In December the U.S. district court overturned the ban. Last week Sony traced a pirated copy of Something's Gotta Give to a screener intended for use by veteran character actor Carmine Caridi, a member...