Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that, the Air Force answer was blunt: there was no reason for a second strategic air arm when its land-based 6-365 could already deliver bomb loads to any spot in the world. Besides, the airmen pointed out, the Navy could not land its heavy bombers once they had taken off. In the Air Force view, the supercarrier was a needlessly expensive duplication which could not complete its mission without the help of Air Force landing fields...
Paris, basking in the fine Easter sunshine, was invaded by hordes of eager tourists. As they took in the sights or eyed the smart Parisian girls in their spring dresses, they were accosted by furtive "characters who hissed: "Have you dollars?" Most of the time, the answer was a blunt no. The bottom had fallen out of the currency black market...
Other canny Stratfordians will also cash in. Just inside the Merry Wives Gift Shoppe is inscribed: "Make Bold With Your Money-Merry Wives of Windsor" This blunt advice* from the best source prompts thousands of tourists to buy knickknacks ranging from ashtrays to souvenir pillows stamped "Stratford," "Avon" or "Shakespeare." All Stratford merchants are aware of what's in a name. Samples: the Hathaway Tea Rooms, the Shakespeare Garage, Shakespeare's Doorstep Woolens Shop, Shakespeare Pearce's Restaurant ("Hot Joints Daily...
...remarks to Roosevelt are sometimes genially humble ("I am so grateful to you for all the trouble you have been taking . . ."), sometimes confidently flattering ("I am sure that, with your comprehension of the sea affair, you will not let this crux ... go wrong for want of ... destroyers"). The blunt instrument is reserved for extreme use: "Mr. President, with great respect I must tell you that in the long history of the world this is a thing...
When fraternity men held a counter-rally, Brown President Henry M. Wriston dropped in. Accusing Brown's fraternities of being "discriminatory, non-democratic and anti-intellectual," Wriston gave them a short, blunt warning: "Either represent a majority of the students-or you will not survive on this campus...