Word: candidness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that white jurors are often inclined to give police the benefit of the doubt in cases involving brutality, particularly if the victim is black. "I've had cases where black clients have been beaten up by the police," says John Powell, national legal director of the A.C.L.U. "To be candid, I have soft-pedaled that ((in court)). If you have an all-white jury, most white people are not inclined to believe that the police beat blacks if unprovoked...
...move follows a decision by the Department of Education requiring Harvard to release the documents, which contain admissions officers' candid written comments about applicants...
...letter to the students, Lewis said it is the office's policy to destroy the sheets--which contain candid written comments by admissions officers about applicants--"after a certain period of time following an applicant's admission...
...fortnight after South Dakota, Kerrey went south to deliver what an aide called "a real hit" on Clinton, the favorite in the Georgia primary scheduled for this week. A Medal of Honor winner who lost part of a leg in Vietnam, Kerrey berated his rival for failing to be candid about how he avoided military service. That makes Clinton unelectable in November, Kerrey insisted. In an awkward affectation of Southern folksiness, the Nebraskan predicted Clinton would "get opened up like a boiled peanut" by the Republican President. But Clinton barked right back, accusing Kerrey of using "the disgraceful divide...
Providing comprehensive care, cutting red tape and getting more bang for the medical buck are easy ideas for politicians to embrace. The question is whether they can deal honestly with these issues in an election year. If the pressure of debate shoots down some gimmicks and forces a candid discussion of the nation's health-care priorities, America might get the reform it desperately needs, perhaps as early as next year...