Word: forthright
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...when Alzheimer’s, cancer, and diabetes have all been relegated to the list of ailments we no longer fear. Fundamentally, both sides wish to see advances in medical science and both sides recognize the potential of stem cell treatment. What needs to occur is a forthright debate over the exact nature of the research that is permissible, not another fruitless battle of the forces of “science” against those of “ignorance” and “superstition...
After the event, Woodruff said Mehlman and Cahill had been “forthright...
...time to ask. For both people’s sakes, it’s important to give clear consent (i.e., saying “yes”) and to say “stop” whenever you feel uncomfortable. While it may seem awkward at first, being forthright becomes easier with practice...
...matter, of Pera. The only logical definition Adomanis can have in mind for “Western kinship,” then, is religion. If he will insist on defining all historical battles as binary showdowns between Christianity and Islam, he should at least be forthright about...
...Committee and a supporter of the decision to invade Iraq, characterized the revelations of abuse as the single most significant blow to U.S. prestige in the Arab world over the past decade. Anthony Cordesman, the widely respected defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies was equally forthright: "Those Americans who mistreated the prisoners may not have realized it, but they acted in the direct interests of al-Qaeda, the insurgents, and the enemies of the U.S.," he said. The reason is that they came at a point when U.S. standing in the Arab world was already...