Word: candidate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...readers are those who wish we could be spared the grosser facts of life. We'd just rather not know, if you please, about Congressman Mills' private matters. They disappoint us, disturb us, make us feel insecure. Oh for those blissful days when the press was less candid about people in the news...
Sanders, a former Celtic great who was known as a defensive specialist, offers candid glimpses at the thoughts and emotions of a professional basketball player to complement the illustrations of the Celtics churning up and down the court...
Stanley S. Surrey, Smith professor of Law, said Bell's letter was "just a candid description of his position, which he wanted to share with his colleagues...
...memories their old bed evokes. He snickeringly calls a friend to borrow his cottage for "a rather delicate matter--she's very pretty, let me tell you." Yet he thinks he's changed, grown away from his excess aspirations, learned when to lie and when to be candid with his lovers...
...matter what subject or technique Brassai chooses to explore, certain characteristics--seriousness, sensitivity to nuances of form and mood, and a sly sense of irony--are constants in his work. Brassai does not take "candid shots." He does not seek to catch his subject off guard or in moments of transition or private distress. Instead he watches patiently for those moments of equipoise when all that is most permanent and most characteristic is most visible in the face and pose of his sitter. An angry couple sit turned away from each other in a bar, their faces sullen masks lined...