Word: candor
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...conference does get off the ground, much of the credit will belong to its prospective chairman, British Foreign Secretary David Owen, 38. Last week the neurologist-turned-diplomat returned to London from an eight-day fact-finding trip to Africa. He impressed both white and black leaders with his candor, youthful idealism and realistic understanding of the Rhodesian impasse. Rhodesian diplomats, who were angered by the cold aloofness of a team led in January by Britain's U.N. Ambassador, Ivor Richard, described Owen as "tough" and "refreshing." He is hopeful that the heads of the front-line states-Angola...
...always been quick to re-examine his own thinking and acknowledge its limitations. Even his most skeptical critics--such as Frederick Crews, who reviewed Erikson's last book of Life History and the Historical Moment in the New York Review of Books--praise him for precisely that thoughtfulness and candor. And it speaks to this ongoing curiosity and self-questioning, rare enough for an established thinker whose theories have gained such wide recognition and acclaim, that just as Roazen published the first comprehensive critique of Erikson's corpus, Erikson himself finished Toys and Reasons, a fragmentary but thought-provoking book...
...Rabins' apparent candor and the small amount of money involved made the incident seem forgivable to the Israeli public. The feeling was that Rabin would escape with a substantial fine-but with his career intact...
...percentages of gay, elderly and student voters, Frank can pursue his generally unpopular stances with little fear of losing votes. A South Boston representative could not vote for a gay rights bill without seriously jeopardizing his career; Frank, on the other hand, is encouraged to stand by his unusual candor and beliefs. The other representative from the Back Bay, Elaine Noble, campaigned as an acknowledged lesbian. The Back Bay also has a great deal of housing and traffic problems Normally, they would be referred to a councilor, but because the conservative Boston City Council is elected at-large instead...
Carter may not agree. "I don't see how the President can grant the relief we recommended," says a high official of the ITC with refreshing candor. By law, he notes, the commission can consider only whether domestic industries are in fact being hurt by foreign competition and what sort of restrictions on imports would be sufficient to repair the damage. "If the ITC had to take into account the impact on consumers or on foreign relations, it would have recommended differently." The President, of course, must weigh those issues and, as he and his advisers do so, they...