Word: candidate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Central to the project, then, is the anticipated lawlessness of Mississippi whites. The planners reason that massive non-violence will precipitate a crisis of violence, which they consider prerequisite for further progress. Understandably, such candid reasoning disturbs moderates torn between respect for civil tranquility and support for civil rights. In this case, however, rights and tranquility are not compatible...
...conceded that France held a commanding lead over China in nuclear development, a candid admission considering the rudimentary nature of the French deterrent. "We'll also have our bomb," he said. "It's a sign of strength. But that doesn't mean that...
...condition. For five months Wilson lay flat on his back. His wife had to read to him. If a document needed his signature, his wife guided his trembling hand. His face was set in a senseless smile. At times, he would cry inconsolably. In contrast to the almost embarrassingly candid reports on Eisenhower's physical condition, Wilson's entourage of doctors constantly issued bland, reassuring medical bulletins...
Mercedes McCambridge, offstage, is a candid person, kind, attractive, unsophisticated, and without visible defenses. But onstage or on-camera, she can somehow suggest the sort of skirted arachnid that bites through everything in its path. Two weeks ago, Mercy McCambridge took over from Uta Hagen, playing opposite Donald Davis, as the harridan in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? With this new, brown-eyed, waspish savage, the producers have probably added a year...
...wrote to a friend in exasperation, "he is apt to be called a goddamned fascist or imperialist, while if Uncle Joe suggests that he needs the Baltic provinces, half of Poland, all of Bessarabia and access to the Mediterranean, all hands agree that he is a fine, frank, candid and generally delightful fellow who is very easy to deal with because he is so explicit in what he wants...