Word: blunt
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...quantitatively insists that Mao was 70% right and only 30% wrong - Hu Jiwei's views on Deng will no doubt be a hard one to accept. Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based writer who was imprisoned by Chinese authorities for almost three years for espionage, put this in rather blunt terms at the book event. "[China does] not dare to face its history," he says...
...four years ago. Chávez, still Venezuela's most popular political figure, just won a referendum that will let him run for re-election as long as he wants. His small but radical leftist bloc of Latin American nations (including Bolivia and Nicaragua) has helped blunt U.S. hegemony and ushered non-hemispheric allies like Russia, China and Iran into America's backyard. His backers insist that the Wall Street implosion has vindicated Chávez's rejection of free-market capitalism as the solution for Latin America. And his critics, who call him a neo-Fidel Castro, still have...
...against abortion. The confusion also raised questions about whether the Lisbon Treaty was too complicated and technical to be put to a referendum. But Ganley, who will run himself in Ireland's northwest constituency, rejects such claims. "Democracy is not supposed to be perfect," he says. "It's a blunt instrument. It's not expected to be efficient...
...Their lighter instrumentation, the latter featuring just Young and his acoustic, work to highlight the complex vocal harmonies that were present throughout the album. Young’s uniquely fragile and charming voice shines through, honorably affected by time. Instances like this, in which Young exchanges nagging rhetoric for blunt vulnerability are rare, but rewarding. And though he has his heartfelt moments, it may not be enough to compensate for sitting through an album that seems to have largely ignored its audience’s desires—“Fork in the Road” notoriously postponed...
...anything Buck Howard can create with his magic acts. Troy sticks steadfastly to his decision to do what he loves, rather than what is most profitable. Seeing his determination, it is impossible not to admire him, though perhaps not as ardently as Buck’s publicist Valerie (Emily Blunt). However, after watching Buck Howard’s routine again and again for 90 minutes, one is more inclined to believe Valerie when she says, “Life is not magical. No one is supposed to do anything.” —Staff writer Rachel A. Burns...