Word: candor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best ally was the daily press. The nation's front page was his every time he opened his mouth. His salty speech, his candor, his humor, his drive captivated the half a hundred Washington correspondents who attended his conferences. The General roughly rejected the proposed newspaper code as unsatisfactory (see p. 28) but publishers did not retaliate by playing him down...
...Gentlemen!" cried Ohio's Cox, "I agree with you that in this grave hour absolute candor is essential. I realize that my presence may embarrass you in your exchange of views. If so, I am quite willing to withdraw...
...without salt, should smack their lips over this anecdotal sequel. In the first book Welzl told how, from being a locksmith, sailor, tramp he became a trader, proprietor of a boat, chief judge of New Siberia. In The Quest for Polar Treasures he describes with the same unliterary candor tall tales of further gold and fur hunts...
...have been in such personal and political scrapes as Bruce Lockhart, one-time (1915-17) British consul-general at Moscow, have admitted them in writing. With a canny candor that makes his book exciting reading, that is just what Author Lockhart does. Women and Bolsheviks were his trouble: between the two he has had some narrow escapes...
...tale of '28, the tale of Republican bigotry, and hypocrisy, the tale of their unswerving loyalty. To recall to their minds his moral ascendancy, Mr. Smith has small need of polished periods, of intricate logic, of strict party loyalty; his battle is personal, best won by informality, candor, sneers and jibes. His leadership thus established, he need only mention his advocacy of the party ticket, and his audience will agree...