Word: candor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Elegant in double-breasted blue coat and dove-grey trousers, a gentleman renowned for candor descended on Washington last week to sing anew an old song. Since 1918, when he was Commander of the A. E. F. Air Force, General William ("Billy") Mitchell has been U. S. military aviation's arch-critic. Now, as a witness in the Federal Aviation Commission's investigation, which last week turned mostly to War, Billy Mitchell looked once more upon Army aviation and found it bad. Chief target for his scorn was the Army's performance in carrying airmail. This...
...radius there are many sincere, conscientious objectors to bells in general, and to extra-size, extraloud ones in particular. Now it may be argued that good bell music benefits the listener, even though he may not know it, but such an attitude smacks of paternalism. Besides, the University with candor worthy of the Veritas on its seal confesses that the Lowell House bells are not tuned in "any recognizable tone sequence...
...husband, David Herbert Lawrence. Perhaps it would have been more dignified to keep silence when so many hastened to speak, but Frieda Lawrence has never stood on her dignity. "I did not want to write this book," says she. "I wanted to give Lawrence my silence." Then, with refreshing candor: "Do I want to blow my own trumpet? Yes, I do. . . . I will try to write as honestly as I can. Lies are all very well in their place but the truth seems to me so much more interesting and proud." Not I, But the Wind is in no sense...
...efforts of many a German to explain his magnetic power over great audiences Orator Hitler contributed last week this disarming bit of candor...
...With candor, real or assumed, Hitler said of Hindenburg: "After many battles he finally granted me his gracious friendship and thus founded a relationship which made me happy and was of the greatest help to the nation...