Word: forthright
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...conflict is a revolution against the Western state system. In Government 3, a course in which he collaborates with William Y. Elliott, professor of Government, Pettee emphasizes the oneness of a culture and the nature of social upheaval. His opposition to military intervention in World War II has been forthright and pronounced...
...afternoon last week in the House, forthright Representative Stephen Pace of Americus, Ga. decided he had had a bellyful of talk. Up stood Democrat Pace and let fly: "The bill is now in shape to pass in 30 minutes. My hope is that, now that all the rights and powers of Congress are in the hands of a simple majority of Congress, this eternal controversy will...
...Light Horse Harry" was on the stand a day and a half, saying many things but chiefly one : that the U. S. today stands in great and real danger of invasion by air if the British Navy is destroyed or surrendered. His opinion on Bill No. 1776: "A forthright and clear grant of power which will enable the President to place in operation the best and simplest plan to carry out a national policy many times stated and endorsed...
President Conant has since the outbreak of the war carefully obeyed his own admonition. As a private citizen he has taken a forthright and controversial stand on the great question of the day; he has used his personal prestige to prepare this country for war. But he has been very careful as President of Harvard to avoid any steps that might look like suppression of free speech; in an atmosphere of extremist views this is a commendable achievement by one who holds perhaps the most extreme of all. His sense of responsibility is further attested by is recent speech before...
...Appointed as his fifth (of six) administrative assistants Sherman ("Shay") Minton, 50, defeated Senator from Indiana. Tall, black-haired, jut-jawed Mr. Minton, a 200% New Dealer, will get $10,000 a year; will not be used as liaison man with Congress-where his forthright tongue too often rasped colleagues...