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...Last night, we saw two vice presidential nominees with very different image problems. One, known for his experience, wit, and candor, could have ruined everything with an unfortunate sound bite. The other, whose commitment to staying on message extends to repeating things that everyone knows are lies, could have unhinged all if she were allowed to speak too long. Setting vitriol aside, the two campaigns compromised: To accommodate Joe, they set up podiums. To accommodate Sarah, they allotted less time for answers. She would speak as she does best: in sound bites...
...present structure of the American education system and the still-existing achievement gap. “Is our education system all it should be? Is it preparing all of our children for success in college and the workforce?” Spellings asked. “In all candor, the answer is no, not yet.” While she did recognize many of the pressing issues in our schools, Spellings focused her speech on potential areas of improvement and what she described as recent successes in reform. Spellings was one of the major proponents of passing the No Child...
...achieves his ambition to become Britain's Prime Minister - and opinion polls suggest he is on course to do so - Conservative leader David Cameron promises a new candor in relations with Washington. The Labour government, he says, has tended to flatter Britain's allies across the Atlantic rather to deliver helpful home truths. But as he considered the sorry sight of a Congress unable to agree on measures to avert a global financial meltdown, it's just as well that Cameron spared U.S. politicians his unvarnished opinions, which would have been anything but pretty...
Alums and attendees found Ginsburg’s candor and insight refreshing, and many lingered afterward to meet the justice...
...interview with TIME raises grave concerns about his choleric temperament. McCain could have defused legitimate questions about his campaign's new discipline in any number of ways, but to put reporters from a major newsmagazine in the deep freeze betrays a fundamental lack of self-control, not to mention candor. Do we really want to elect such a mercurial individual as our Commander in Chief? Owen Prell, Mill Valley, Calif...