Word: candidness
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...vigorous campaigning, Lindsay left balmy Miami for snow-laden Wisconsin, where he struck out for Madison and Milwaukee as well as small cities and hamlets like Eau Claire, La Crosse, Cadott (pop. 977). His family, who accompanied him, gave him spirited support. His wife Mary was in a particularly candid mood. Asked rather prematurely what kind of First Lady she would make, Mary replied: "I'm too lazy to be an Eleanor Roosevelt. I'm not sure everybody is made to have causes." In the clear, crisp air of Eau Claire, Mary told the crowd: "John doesn...
...terms of China, I think we would be less than candid were we not to admit that what really matters here is not the fact that the trip to China is announced, the meeting with the Soviets is announced, but how they work. Our people have become accustomed to the spectaculars. It is exciting. A trip to China is like going to the moon...
...background" briefing has been a Washington fixture for years, a two-sided convenience through which officials can be more candid than usual with reporters in return for having their identities hidden in such collective cliches as "official circles" or "informed sources." Though their ostensible function is to inform, backgrounders are frequently misused...
With her nerve and enormous vitality, it is hard to imagine Miss Gilliatt happy at Harvard, though the university has offered her a place teaching either fiction writing or literature. And she is considering the position for sometime after the spring of '73. As a candid and ardent artist, she is sure to have none of 'fitting in, shutting up and making...
...first piece of grown-up literature I ever got excited about. It is interesting that we should have gone beyond our pubescent skepticism to enthusiastically appreciate a play that strained even the breadth of adult tolerances. It certainly fit our attention spans much better than Dickens and, to be candid, we were not above its nihilism. But our liking for The Bald Soprano was not the product of our baser thirteen year old instincts. After a childhood of Dick and Jane and Landmark hero stories it was delightful to read lonesco. The nonsensical alliteration, the rapid non-sequitur of outrageous...