Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blunt talk, in the view of U.S. diplomats, did not signal a fundamental change in the Kremlin's attitude toward the U.S. Instead, Brezhnev's message seemed to be tailored for his military audience, and may have been a concerted effort to reassure the Soviet defense establishment that the civilian leadership would not be one-upped by the Reagan Administration's increases in U.S. defense spending. Said William Hyland, a noted Kremlinologist: "It is as if Brezhnev were saying to the armed forces, 'I'm still in charge. I'm not dead...
TEXAS SHOOTOUT. Three-alarm chili and the gubernatorial race between Texas Republican Incumbent William Clements, 65, and State Attorney General Mark White, 42, have a lot in common. This heated contest is a referendum not on Ronald Reagan but on Bill Clements, whose blunt language and pro-business positions have antagonized many low-income voters. White, the underfunded underdog, began to edge up after three televised debates gave him an opportunity to put Clements on the defensive. White has attacked Clements' mudslinging leak of a driving-under-the-influence charge when White was a law student, and accused...
Among the many factors that produced the change in attitude, one stood out: a blunt warning by U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that Washington would withdraw both its presence and its all-important funding from the General Assembly and from any U.N. affiliate that voted to expel Israel. This year the U.S. is slated to contribute $179.8 million to the U.N., or 25% of the organization's entire budget, in contrast to $79 million, or 11%, from the Soviet Union. Washington made it clear that the U.S. threat did not extend to the strategic U.N. Security Council...
...close correlation between special-interest donations and legislative votes sometimes makes it seem that Congress is up for sale. Says Republican Senator Robert Dole of Kansas: "When these PACs give money they expect something in return other than good government." Democratic Congressman Thomas Downey of New York is more blunt: "You can't buy a Congressman for $5,000. But you can buy his vote. It's done on a regular basis." This is one reason why Michigan Democrat William Brodhead decided to quit Congress this year. Says he: "I got sick of feeling indebted to PACs. There...
...historic associations and ornaments in a search for essences. Letter forms no longer followed the paths of the scribe's pen or engraver's burin, but were constructed with ruler and compasses. The new type faces, posters and symbols were not always easily legible. But they were blunt and provocative, the ideal style for mass communication, advertising and propaganda...