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Word: candidate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon admirer in the Government admits that all these White House agents "could stifle creative thinking" by other officials who want to offer constructive criticism but fear that any candid doubts about Nixon policy would quickly get back to the President as expressions of disloyalty. On the other hand, argues the White House, the changes may well serve to make the federal bureaucracy more efficient. Concedes one insider: "I know there are a lot of people who look at these White House men and think Big Brother is watching. Well, maybe that's good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Not-So-Secret Agents | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

...take part in the conversations-a clear indication that France's independent stand in military matters continues unchanged. Brandt's affirmation, moreover, that "the security interests of the European Union coincide with those of the larger Atlantic alliance" received stony silence from the French. In an equally candid preanniversary appearance on West German television, Brandt had stated bluntly. "Whatever they [the French] say, they don't want U.S. troops to pull out of Europe, at least not out of Germany." In a joint statement, the two leaders publicly reaffirmed their goal of achieving European unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Hands Across the Rhine | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...patient has the right to consideration and respect. He or a responsible relative is also entitled to complete information concerning diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in terms that can reasonably be expected to be understood. The doctor is obligated to be candid if the treatment proposed is experimental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Patients' Rights | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

Some Congressmen nevertheless seriously question the propriety of the Navy using taxpayers' money to bail out contractors who have allegedly let costs get out of hand. In addition, these legislators are convinced that the Navy has been less than candid in portraying itself to Congress and the public as a tough customer for weapons suppliers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONTRACTORS: The Navy as Banker | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

However, to Quentin Bell, now in his 60's Virginia Woolf was no cult object. Somehow he managed to subsume whatever personal biases he possessed as her nephew, and to conduct a candid, sober inquisition into her personal history, even though in the process he examined members of his immediate family. In the hands of a less positive narrator and a less compassionate judge of exceptional human conduct, the biography-might have suffered from myopic and a tendency towards authoritarianism. Bell, with his memory of his aunt, is privileged to add the leaven of personal recollection...

Author: By Gwen Kinkead, | Title: Queen of the Highbrows | 1/10/1973 | See Source »

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