Word: candor
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...last week, Bolivians gave the U.S. an uproarious show of thanks for the aid they have received from Washington-and with disarming candor added that they hoped for more. Henry Holland, touring Assistant Secretary of State, got the wildest, warmest greeting so far on his fact-gathering swing around South America...
...found, befriended and been befriended by many old friends of his father. He has married and has a son of his own. He has lived well enough from his own earnings as a part-time author and translator, and from his father's royalties. His memoirs, written with candor and simplicity, are free of bitterness. But even the balm of time cannot erase from Author Holland's story the cruel fact that "my life has been one of concealment and repression...
With rare candor, officials...
...There can be no question of a change of sovereignty in Cyprus," said Hopkinson with surprising candor. "It has always been understood and agreed that there are certain territories in the Commonwealth which, owing to their particular circumstances, can never expect to be fully independent...
...Truman was finding out that even some of his old enemies seemed happy about his recovery: the Chicago Tribune, which barked at the White House all the time Truman lived there, now said: "There are a lot of things wrong with Harry Truman, but there always was more candor, less hypocrisy, and more natural man in his words and behavior than most politicians would dare display...