Word: candor
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...added that, contrary to the belief of Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, confidence in the economy cannot "be lost in a day. The idea that candor would imperil economic stability is, almost certainly, ill conceived, if the economy were vulnerable to words, it would have succumbed ages...
...Prime Minister-whose distaste for modern art is well known-reportedly muttered: "It makes me look half-witted which I ain't." At the birthday ceremony he commented wryly: "The portrait is a remarkable example of modern art." And when he added, "It certainly combines force and candor," he brought down both Houses...
...charm of Defense Secretary Wilson, up to now, has been his winsome candor. Political expediency never seemed to stop him from saying what he felt, and he pursued his policies with a fervor that belied his own statement that every time his mouth opened there was a foot in it. So, one would note his new directive to the military, calling for a reversal of his centralized buying doctrine, with a certain regret, were it not so necessary for the country's welfare...
...Road to Tomorrow. Even more important for Brazil in the long run than Cafe Filho's economic program is the educational effect of his own character and his new kind of administration. Besides providing a conspicuous personal example of candor and integrity, Café Filho is giving Brazil a government that is opposed to nationalism and favoritism, that is trying to work out the country's problems instead of conjuring them away. Said a member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies: "Café Filho is setting a much-needed example. He is proving that an honest...
...applying a method of coldly objective analysis to matters of the human heart. This method is what he called Beylism. It is the psychological method he applied in his novels, the fruit of his self-analysis and his very special pursuit of happiness. In all of this he demanded candor and sincerity, but he knew where to draw the line. "It is not impossible," he wrote, "to be bored when with a mistress, but that boredom should not be shown; it would lose...