Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington was as taken aback as other governments. Finding itself in a no-win situation vis-à-vis two key allies, the U.S. responded with an unusually blunt statement that not only "condemned" the idea of a Turkish Cypriot republic but called on other nations to refuse to recognize it. Only three days before, Congress had passed a $1 billion aid bill for Turkey...
...Andropov's case, the Soviet authorities went to extraordinary lengths to blunt such a conclusion. Days earlier, Leonid Zamyatin, head of the Soviet Central Committee's international information department, had hinted broadly that Andropov might not appear at the parade because of his "cold." Soviet newspapers gave prominent display to photos of the larger-than-life Andropov portraits that appeared during the parade. Even though Chernenko took Andropov's place on the reviewing stand, the official party newspaper Pravda never once mentioned Chernenko's name in reporting the event...
...occasional blunt attack on the Soviet system by the President or by a U.S. official contributed to the deterioration...
Danny Villanueva is blunt about soccer-style football kickers...
...latest book, In the Land of Israel, accuses his country of immorality in typically blunt Israeli fashion. By piecing together a variety of extremist Israeli viewpoints, Oz debunks the myth of Israeli unanimity and crafts his vision for Israel in literary form. The series of interviews recorded in this book shows a wide range of Israeli public opinion: the anti-war movement, the anti-Zionists, the Arab nationalists, and Palestinians, the secular Jews, and the ultra-conservative Gush Emunim...