Word: candor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. David Herbert Lawrence, 44. English novelist (Sons and Loners, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover-), poet, essayist; at Nice; of tuberculosis. Red-bearded son of a Derbyshire collier, he was famed for his sincerity, psychological subtlety. A champion of free speech, sexual candor, in Lady Chatterley's Lover he precipitated the wrath of squeamish critics...
Generally speaking, the official utterances of the Soviet Government represent what its leaders actually believe. Candor sometimes carried to stark extremes is typical of Dictator Josef Stalin. Last week it was a grave and ominous thing that the Dictator seemingly believed the following words. They had foremost place in the official newsorgan of the Government. Isvestia, as part of the weekly critique of international affairs contributed by an expert of the Soviet Foreign Office...
...student doesn't cheat he merely gets credit for obedience and fear of the monitor, if he does cheat he is punished for imposing on the confidence of his instructor. This state of affairs is insulting both to our intelligence and to our honor, and for the sake of candor either the honor system or the grammar school system should go. --Ivan Rosenthal...