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...Others have been more blunt in their criticism of the book. Former Polish Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski has compared the biography's publishers to "purveyors of brothel guides." Polish author Tomasz Lubienski says Domoslawski crossed a line when he decided to publicly challenge the reputation of his mentor. "Domoslawski was not a good disciple of Kapuscinski, who was a refined man," Lubienski wrote in Gazeta Wyborcza. "[His book is] about the private life of the man who wrote The Emperor. That's unnecessary and it pushes the book into the gutter." Says another writer, Andrzej Stasiuk, in defense of Kapuscinski...
Rather than the politically correct, nonjudgmental phrase that has been foisted on presenters for more than two decades - "And the Oscar goes to ..." - presenters this year introduced each winner with the blunt, old-fashioned but perfectly accurate phrase "And the winner is ..." (See the top 10 memorable moments of the 2010 Academy Awards...
...Washington, which knows that the world remains a dangerous place, these attitudes have become a serious concern. On Feb. 23, at the NATO strategic concept seminar, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was particularly blunt. "The demilitarization of Europe - where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it - has gone from a blessing in the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st." Plenty of European diplomats would agree with him. After the speech one diplomat spoke of an "inertia...
...everyone," says Rod. "And animal abuse certainly affects pets, but it also affects agricultural animals as well, and in this case I don't believe there is any provision to impose a fee on livestock feed. The goal we support, certainly, but we think this is kind of a blunt instrument to reach that goal." (See the top 10 animal attacks...
...Saif was also blunt in criticizing Libyan officials who send mixed messages to the West, proclaiming the country a new ally and business partner of Europe and the United States, yet then resisting Western values. "Part of the problem is with the Libyan side. It's not enough for us to blame others," he says. "We are not serious enough, we are sending confusing messages." Sighing deeply, he said: "I think we are not ready to deal in the right way with the Western world, because they have different rules of the game...