Word: blunting
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...that on the word “show” he strikes the pose of a chorine delivering her big line in an old-style Follies; this sets the tone for an evening in which musical theater, particularly that which attempts a social conscience, serves as the focus of blunt, but hysterical, satire...
...population. But the Pashtun representatives in Germany are based outside the country, and whereas Washington had once hoped the former king would be a rallying point for the anti-Taliban opposit ion, he has thus far proved incapable of significantly influencing events - after all, to borrow from Stalin's blunt response to the suggestion that the pope be invited to Yalta in 1944, how many divisions has the king? Rabbani two weeks ago said Zahir was welcome to return to Afghanistan, but as a citizen rather than a sovereign...
...Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, explained the stonewalling. "You cannot help us with al-Qaeda," she said, "and hug [terrorist groups] Hizballah or Hamas." But the U.S. approach has others apopleptic. Even back in August, before Sept. 11 raised the stakes, de facto Saudi leader Crown Prince Abdullah sent a blunt message to Bush: "You've left us no choice but to take steps irrespective of what effects they have on U.S. interests." Last week Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal was similarly scathing: "He cannot be an honest broker and only meet with one side." Even the closest...
...very blunt in what he would say,” Glimp said...
...Young, took a big step away from total federal control. The GOP version maintains a commitment to sky marshals and to stricter employment screening of airport employees, but allows airports to either hire federal workers or hire security jobs out to private contractors. As the debate raged, Young was blunt in his opposition to the Senate version. "If people think there will be a change (if workers are federalized), they're smoking pot," he told reporters this week...