Word: candidness
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...Candid Cameraman of the High Seas...
With little access to the battlefield, reporters had to depend on the daily briefings in Riyadh and Washington for news. Those were handled with extraordinary skill. The briefings were filled with facts and figures (number of missions flown, Scuds fired), and the men who conducted them were cooperative, usually candid and, when it came to estimates of enemy damage, very cautious. The goal was to avoid excessive optimism and reduce expectations...
Anyone with friends or relatives serving in the gulf anxiously awaits word of how they are holding up in the desert under wartime conditions. Journalists are no exception. Letters home are treasured because they often contain the most candid pictures of life in the field. At TIME we have received several heartfelt missives from our colleagues stationed in the gulf, including correspondent Dick Thompson and photographer Christopher Morris. Both men are working in "pools," small groups of journalists who travel with and report on combat units operating near the Saudi borders with Kuwait and Iraq...
...took place, students disagreeing with the policies advocated by the secretary of health placed on each plate a leaflet, an idea approved by Dunster House Master Karel Liem. These leaflets pointed out the source of their disagreement and contained a wrapped condom. They were very clearly signed, frank and candid. One can only imagine the intent of the Harvard Foundation in calling them "fraudulent programs...
...should come as no surprise that law professor and first amendment-maven Alan M. Dershowitz has titled his new book: "Chutzpah: Candid Reflections on Being Jewish in America." After all, Dershowitz is an outspoken supporter of many Jewish causes, and he is never short on chutzpah. Here, Dersh offers a definition of "chutzpah" as only...