Word: blunt
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...chief wildlife manager, Mike Devery, defended the costly operation, saying the animals were listed as vulnerable under the state's Nature Conservation Act, which labels crocodiles over 13 feet long as "iconic." But the kid-glove treatment outraged many locals, including Federal Parliamentarian Bob Katter, a cowboy-hatted, blunt-spoken cattle rancher whose 218,000 square-mile electoral district is home to thousands of wild crocodiles...
...There was, of course, nothing McCain could do to prevent the financial crisis, or even much, most observers say, he could do to blunt Obama's strong debate performance. But that doesn't mean the Republican nominee didn't exacerbate those and other situations this fall. Four decisions the campaign made over the past two months in particular have heavily contributed to its current woes...
...message will be blunt: If you want to restore confidence in stock markets and among financial institutions, recapitalize your banks - quickly. This message already has some traction in Washington. The U.S. Treasury Department is discussing a plan to use public funds to recapitalize banks. The U.K. government already took that step earlier this week, while Iceland has nationalized its banks...
...Part of the problem is that both Boehner and Representative Roy Blunt, the No. 2 House Republican, have long ties to the Bush Administration. Their initial inclination to support Paulson was greeted by a rebellion on the right. And the fact that both leaders eventually supported the compromise bill that almost two-thirds of their members opposed was viewed as a major betrayal of the movement by many conservative activists. "The incompetence of Boehner and Blunt and their team is beyond belief," says Richard Viguerie, head of ConservativeHQ.com. "For the good of their party and the good of their country...
...colleagues," says Pat Toomey, a former GOP Congressman from Pennsylvania who now heads the conservative group Club for Growth. "Who's in leadership will depend on the outcome of elections. They may go very well in November - which isn't looking very likely, but if they do, Boehner and Blunt might be able to stay...