Word: candor
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...will continue to chip away at or perhaps even overturn the right to an abortion; roll back civil rights and liberties, especially in the realms of race and gender discrimination and crime and punishment; and permit religion to encroach into the secular arena. In a moment of surprising candor, Alito provided new fodder for his critics last week, telling Senators that the high court may have gone too far in recent years in keeping the church out of public life...
...wishing I had never gotten out of bed—having to walk through the wind and rain with only my flimsy inside-out umbrella had hardly put me in the best of moods—I couldn’t help smiling at Burkle’s enthusiasm, candor, and sense of humor once we started to talk. The senior actor and director sat down with the Crimson to discuss his background, current projects, and plans for the future...
...winter or talking with co-workers, Pekar's stories were driven by his intensely cranky, neurotic, highly-intelligent and, above all, hilarious personality. But the one thing Pekar never explored, until now, was how he got that way. The Quitter takes Harvey back to his childhood with the candor and unsentimentally that we have come to expect from his regular series...
...directly with Kim Jong Il's recalcitrant regime. That is a valuable and significant move toward world peace. But can one expect honest dealings from a despotic nation that persists in saying what it does not mean and meaning what it does not say? Putting aside the lack of candor, such contact (even if it doesn't bear fruit immediately) must go on at all costs. The world cannot afford to witness yet another disastrous conflict. Tan Boon Tee Trengganu, Malaysia...
...added, "If anyone is ready to celebrate the eventual re-election of Bush, it is al-Qaeda." The remarks, made at an off-the-record conference, were leaked in the Italian press, and Sir Ivor, facing the displeasure of his Foreign Office masters for committing the sin of candor, disowned the comments. But now, as the soot settles in the London Underground, the words hang again...