Word: utterness
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...They're nervous. They see the polls," Senator John McCain, who opposed the resolution, told me last week. As always, McCain has been a model of stubborn independence and utter rectitude in matters of war and peace. He has led a full-throated effort to get the Bush Administration to abjure the use of torture. But he has also made the strongest and most detailed strategic argument-most notably in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute-for a renewed effort to succeed in Iraq. He believes the war against Islamist radicalism should be the highest national priority...
...amazing, and you will be singing Johnny Cash songs for the next few days, much to the annoyance of roommates and neighbors. True, if the sound of country music makes you violently ill, you probably should steer clear, but if your dislike doesn’t verge on utter loathing, you may want to give the film a chance. The man’s story is compelling in itself, and the music will creep under your skin enough that you might just find yourself tapping your toes to the beat by the end of the film...
...urban grit of his noir masterpiece “Collateral” or any of the wit and slap-dash charm of his “Pirates of the Caribbean.” The anatomy of the affair fails to intrigue the audience with its bland dialogue and the utter lack of chemistry between Owen and Aniston. Charles picks up Lucinda by setting a $20 bet that he can kiss her without touching her lips (he intentionally loses). Puh-lease, that’s the kind of line a Delphic guy would pull, not one of the hottest sex symbols...
...video’s deepest flaw is its utter lack of plausibility; in the real world, everyone else depicted in the video would probably rather be caught dead than on camera dancing to her ABBA-sampling pop single, no matter its catchiness...
...fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon, or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher." That passage, with its anvil-chorus cadence and utter disdain for any diminution of Christ's divinity in favor of his more mortal aspects, may not be Lewis' most subtle, but it is emblematic of his lucidity and certitude...