Word: candids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Politicians are candid at their peril; a gaffe occurs when one of them inadvertently says what he actually thinks. By that standard, presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan is a veritable gaffemeister, insisting that Watergate was "a bunch of Mickey Mouse misdemeanors," Congress is "Israeli- occupied territory," and Ollie North is "a hero." Buchanan's pasty face crinkles into a smile when he recalls penning phrases like "pusillanimous pussyfooters...
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...
...adroitly depicted in Jonathan Franzen's new novel Strong Motion. Against the backdrop of eccentric Cambridge, Franzen tells the story of a young man's struggle to reconcile his idealism in a corrupt and continually disappointing world, capturing the social ailments of our society in both a humorous and candid light...
...decision to keep the class small, intimate and closed to the press will certainly create a good forum for free, candid discussion. But more broadly, Lee's method of restricting the class and the exclusive attitude he displayed toward students on Friday makes a mockery of the University's diversity creed...
While the outside world was curious about Rindge and Latin's AIDS education program, Schoff said the students were busy asking intelligent, candid questions...