Word: candor
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...avoiding a global war without surrendering to Communism, Conant proposed the building up of Western Europe's land army. "Once this is done," he said, "the Soviet rulers may see the wisdom of exploring with candor proposals for disarmament...
...perfectly cast as a fluttery court neophyte, aglow with soulful love for Rudolph. Actor Marais, playing the moody, princely rake, sizes her up as a pushover, deigns to use her for passing pleasure. They learn each other's true motives in an intimate sequence brimming with Gallic candor and style, and as they manage to reconcile their conflicting emotions, their scenes blossom into a gauzy mood of idyllic romance...
Trust Mark Twain. Atkinson writes about the theater with a level eye and uncommon candor: "Basically, the Broadway theater is not an art, but an unsuccessful form of high-pressure huckstering ... It is not developing playwrights, actors or directors. It is doing the best it can to commit suicide." And on Broadway first-nighters: "They bring nothing into the theater except shallow, distracted minds and tired emotions . . . they have nothing to give. They are the unburied dead, brushed, combed, richly dressed, and expensively embalmed...
...whipped the best in the U.S., he was still not satisfied with his showing. Said he, with an apologetic grin: "I was rather expecting Ray to set a faster pace, but when he didn't, I had to go out and do it by myself." Then, with refreshing candor, Bannister added: "Had I been pressed ... I would have simply accelerated ... I think I could have done...
...captivated Washington correspondents with his candor, his willingness to take on all questions, his 24-hour-a-day readiness to answer reporters' telephone calls. Most members of Congress seem to feel the same way about him. Even when it is intent on boiling him 11 oil or chopping his authority out from under him, the Congress experiences a strange melting sensation around the icy fringes of its will power whenever Mil Di Salle paddles up to Capitol Hill to testify...