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After Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-contra and the Gary Hart indiscretion, it is hard to make a case against the public's right to know. But not impossible. Candor is necessary when it really matters, and little more than a nuisance when it doesn't. At the moment, people are unsure which is which. A lie may be a defensive response to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. The oddity that Oprah and Phil and Geraldo can attract guests willing to confess anything on TV does not oblige everyone else to bare all when asked...
While Harvard officials said yesterday they donot expect the availability of the documents toaffect the tone or candor of future summaries,admissions officers at other colleges said theyanticipate that reviewers will be more careful intheir written comments...
This loss was particularly damaging in caucus states like Washington, which became an ideal target for Tsongas because his constituency consists mainly of upscale, educated voters. Tsongas' Mr. Candor persona allowed him to benefit from the attacks on his opponent's character. Clinton and his assistants have since admonished reporters to give Tsongas' own record deeper scrutiny...
...every opportunity, Tsongas reinforces his image as Mr. Candor: "I have only one horse to ride -- truth. If I give that up, I'm just a Greek from Massachusetts who has had cancer." This tactic extends to volunteering the fact that he required the assistance of a media coach to spice up his oatmeal style. In the past month his performance has risen from dreadful to mediocre, but his TV spots still use an announcer's voice rather than his drone...
...announcement was a drastic departure from the company's past benevolent assurances of prosperity and well-being. So was the self-effacing and chastened candor. Stempel conceded that this was not the holiday message he had originally intended. But the severe losses in the company's North American automaking operations, estimated at $450 million a month, had prompted a revolt among GM's directors. They rejected Stempel's reorganization plan and humiliatingly ordered up a more drastic revision. The rebuke left Stempel and his senior management staff publicly lurching. The Christmas message was postponed by a week; a preferred-stock...