Word: outright
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...belief that politicians are liars is so widely cherished that it is almost part of America's civic religion, along with that stuff about being created equal. But outright whoppers by politicians are fairly rare. Not every year produces a classic like President Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." The lie most discussed in 2000 was Al Gore's alleged claim that he invented the Internet, which is an exaggeration of what he really said and is hardly a central issue anyway...
...postulated disadvantage that might come from a full endorsement--though OCS has never declared this outright--would be that Harvard's applicant pool may be weakened in the eyes of the Rhodes committee. There is no reason to believe this would be the case, especially when the Rhodes committee itself has urged Harvard to be more generous in its opinion of applicants. In addition, past precedent has shown that prior to 1991-1992, when the endorsement procedure was more liberal, Harvard had no fewer, and in many years, certainly a greater, number of scholars...
...issue of U.S. troops is much more important than simply what happens in Kosovo or Presevo. If the U.S. pulls out, there would be two consequences: First, Kosovo, but possibly also Bosnia and Macedonia, would plunge into, if not outright war, then at least a permanent state of low-intensity conflict. But even more important for Washington, I don't think the U.S. can pull troops from harm's way in the Balkans and then still demand command and control over NATO troops in Europe. The U.S. would lose its moral claim to maintain the tradition that the commander...
...Warden of Rhodes House noted on a recent visit. Even though college officials moved to address Gerson's concerns by raising the number of endorsements by 21 percent this year, so many clearly qualified candidates remained on the sidelines that it's no surprise Harvard was denied outright this time around...
Every fall, over 80 Harvard students apply for University endorsement, a necessary prerequisite for applying to the Rhodes scholarship itself--though many schools bypass this process and instead endorse all their applicants outright. Harvard's complex, two-tiered endorsement committee consistently rejects more than half who apply. Before getting started, these potential Rhodes Scholars are stopped in their tracks, deemed unworthy by the committee of even having a shot at the mystical award...