Word: forthright
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Aside from Thanksgiving, the Commencement pageantry which will gradually unravel in the Yard this morning is America's oldest continuous festival; by its forthright uniqueness, it is also one of the most endearing signs of the everlasting Harvard...
Moved by such forthright oratory, the 840 commissioners (delegates) at the 175th Presbyterian General Assembly in Des Moines last week overwhelmingly approved a proposed amendment to the church constitution, declaring that Presbyterians "are obligated to welcome into fellowship" anyone who desires to share in their worship, and that refusal on the basis of "color, origin or worldly condition" causes "a scandal to the Gospel." With less unanimity, they went on to take a strong stand, roughly like the U.S. Supreme Court's, against Bible-reading and prayers in public schools...
Alabama Gov. George Wallace called the retaliatory riots "disgraceful," and said the President's statement "only tends to aggravate and inflame." He claimed the use of Federal Troops in Birmingham would be unconstitutional. King thought Kennedy's remarks showed the Administration "is willing to take forthright action to preserve [Negro] citizenship rights...
...party leader Thompson and Mr. Cook, the popular, somewhat dissident member from Montmagny L'Islet. It is perhaps fair to ask how long such a divided party can stand as a valid repository of Quebec allegiance, especially when Quebec voters like their choices to be clear-cut and forthright...
...dormant volcano spewed molten rock over their windswept Atlantic island in October 1961, the 260 inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha were rescued and brought to never-had-it-so-good Britain. Last week, after a year's exposure to the packaged joys of the affluent society, the hardy, forthright islanders decided that they had never had it so bad. In a secret ballot to decide whether or not they should return to a primitive, precarious existence on their isolated island, adult Tristan islanders voted overwhelmingly, 148 to 5, to return home...