Word: candor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Signaling a new candor, Villalobos said the F.M.L.N. had "made mistakes," including a failure to negotiate a peace agreement in 1980. He also acknowledged that the rebels have received arms from Nicaragua. Although Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said as much to Cristiani last August, it was the first public admission from the F.M.L.N...
...Your candor cannot endear you to right-wingers...
...that she was recuperating nicely. Her oncologist, however, was a bit more explicit, to Roetting's dismay. He quietly explained that she had a 90% chance of being alive in five years and an 80% chance of surviving ten years. Some patients might have been grateful for such candor; Roetting went home in tears. "I think everybody who has cancer knows there is a chance they can have it again," she says. "These doctors should show a little more finesse...
...praise from such diverse people as Al Haig, a presidential contender who last year could not contain his contempt for Bush, and Cy Vance and Ed Muskie, both Secretaries of State for Jimmy Carter. "Our differences are minimal," confesses James Schlesinger, the clear-eyed Cabinet officer fired for candor by both Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter...
...matter what one's feelings may be on the subject, most of Erwitt's work captures interesting moments with a candor and spontaneity that is quite refreshing...