Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some of the traditional tributes to Soviet Communism, lauding its social accomplishments and democratic structures, even pledging to fight "anti-Sovietism." But he also underscored French Communism's new autonomy by attacking "repressive measures" taken by the Soviet Union against dissidents (see following story) in extraordinarily blunt language. Said he: "We cannot agree to the Communist ideal being stained by unjust and unjustifiable acts...
...saber competition is modeled on the notion that the duelers are on horseback. Only the top half of the body may be attacked but points can be scored with both the tip and side of the blade, which, fortunately, is blunt...
...about to endorse Gay Liberation. Quite the contrary, it considers that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered and can in no case be approved of." The ban is total: to the view held by some moral theologians that sexual relations are permissible for irreversible homosexuals, the declaration replies with a blunt no. Homosexuals must be "treated with understanding" and are not always "personally responsible" for their condition but there can be no justification for homosexual acts, which oppose the "moral sense" of Christians, the teachings of the Bible and the "objective moral order...
Teng's public statements are also direct and unabashed. At one banquet in Peking last autumn, Teng?a notably anti-Soviet hard-liner?criticized the Russians so harshly that Moscow's Ambassador to China stalked out without bothering to finish dessert. Teng was less irascible but equally blunt in warning the U.S. against the dangers of détente when President Ford visited China last December. "Rhetoric about détente cannot cover up the stark reality of the growing danger of war," he declared. Teng evidently relishes his new power. Shortly after his rehabilitation, visitors to China said he seemed...
...work," she recalls. "Bit by bit we felt it was O.K. for audiences to enjoy us." In 1970 a man was added to the troupe, which was gaining a reputation in the avant-garde of dance. Impatient with foundation questionnaires, Tharp's replies were typically blunt: "I'm sorry, I write dances, not application forms. Send me the money. Love, Twyla...