Word: forthright
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London stirred at the prospect of seeing and hearing this forthright man, so boldly histrionic on the outside, so warm, gentle, shrewd on the inside. The Kansas City Convention had refused to renominate him as Vice President only to have President Hoover recognize his worth in this highest diplomatic appointment...
...From the forthright pen of Professor Hu leaped, last week, a scorching, staggering indictment of China...
...built entirely in Rumania. On the day after Parliament opened His Majesty was lifted into the cab of the freight monster-with Queen Marie watchfully present-and actually clutched and tugged at the throttle with sufficient force to open it and spin the giant driving wheels. Precocious and forthright, King Mihai said to the steam engineer: "At home I have a 'lectric train...
Every now and then, someone in Washington "speaks out of turn." Immediately, the rest of Washington is agog and remains so until it has decided whether the outspoken one is a fool, a publicity seeker, a self-important ass or a wise and forthright fellow...
Though his student audience began to mutter at such blanket flaying of all Chinese, forthright, Marshal Feng pressed straight on with his speech, smashing home each point with a sounding fist blow upon the rostrum...