Word: candor
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...essays in this book are another product of this serious devotion. If Edmund Wilson's brilliance is circumscribed, he speaks at least with the authority of a man of candor, skill, and high intelligence
Struik was reinstated this fall after being formally censured by the M.I.T. executive committee "for his comparative lack of candor with the members of the administration." During the fall term he taught two classes in advanced calculus...
...Dulles allegedly said in 1953, when he took office, that he could run the Department with twelve good men (and we assume, true). Unless he takes constructive steps to reassure the career Foreign Service officers of their security and of the necessity for candor in their reports, he may get his wish...
...lack of candor is not, however, a direct corollary of the fear of disagreeing with the head of the Foreign Relations Committee, the representative of the China Lobby, the lobbyist for the American Friends of the Middle East, or the Zionists. The real concern, and this is particularly true in the "trouble spot" areas--The Far East, the Middle East, and the Communist satellites--is that the report may go counter to an adopted party line in the State Department. Men and women who may not be afraid of the accusation of Communism do have a certain natural desire...
...unilaterally and according to the dictates of their best judgment, without jeopardizing the firm foundations of their understanding." Said the London Economist: "Britain's proper attitude towards the U.S. is the attitude that Australia has long maintained towards Britain. It is an attitude of blasphemous private candor about most matters and about awkward Foreign Secretaries, but of sufficient loyalty to allow any American leader to feel confident that when really big issues arise, Britain will never deceive...