Word: candidate
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Lloyd Cutler, 64, former White House counsel, on the legal profession: "We have not convinced the public of our intellectual honesty. We are regarded as more canny than candid, more as servants of our prince, as mouthpieces or hired guns, than as servants of our consciences...
...more disturbing than the factual errors is Engelmayer's one-sided discussion of chilling effects. Although he worries that calling for an investigation might inhibit candid discourse. Engelmayer neglects the effects of unchallenged digotry on academic research and personal freedom Given Pattullo's publicly stated anti-gay stance, the past performance of the professions involved, and the case with which support for "negative social pressures" might interfere with professional conduct in running a research center, it is not surprising to find people afraid to be open about their sexual orientation, nor would it be surprising to find people afraid...
Virtually any other subject including ones of far greater importance like the fate of financial aid and the ethical implications of the University's stock portfolio cligits more candid discussion among College officials. When Harvard's unique and often inconsistent alcohol policy is brought up however responses are usually mute or terse...
...choice, he prefers his cash "under the table" rather than by way of one of the new trust-fund arrangements the International Amateur Athletic Federation has approved as a slender hedge against hypocrisy. Also on behalf of under-the-table money, Fred Lebow, the New York Marathon's candid proprietor, points out that it "is legal as far as the governments are concerned as long as the athletes pay their taxes. It's acceptable to the media-they've known about it for decades. The public knows about it. The athletes benefit financially. Consequently, everybody is happy...
...That candid suggestion of U.S. inferiority went well beyond anything said by Reagan's recent predecessors in the White House. The President and his advisers had discussed the issue beforehand. They clearly underestimated the political and diplomatic impact of the statement, which once more conveyed to some observers of the press conference a sense that Reagan lacked command of foreign affairs. Some nuclear experts charged that Reagan was simply wrong-a question on which there is room for argument (see box). Others contended that whether or not the President was right as to the facts, his admission of weakness...