Word: forthright
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...Richard was brilliant, honest and forthright," Rosenthal said. "He always played the devil's advocate and he always kept us honest. It will be tough to go on without...
...more conventional movie figures who fare best in this lugubrious context. Dennis Quaid is Doc Holliday, the tubercular gunman-gambler, who gallantly and sardonically confronts his mortality, and Joanna Going plays Josie, the smart, spunky romantic who is Earp's last great passion. These are familiar, forthright characters, and the actors energize the film by playing them with headlong confidence...
...rather than be forthright about problems inthe search, Rudenstine and other Universityofficials remained conspicuously silent.Massachusetts Hall became consistent only in itsdenials. When a secretary let slip that Scott hadtaken a new job and was coming in only formessages and the occasional meeting, Harvardinsisted there was nothing wrong with having apart-time vice president for finance...
...showdown. But Clinton will take a political roasting no matter what he does. Administration officials say he has come to see the wisdom of extending MFN and delinking it from human rights, which he could promote better by diplomatic means. But politically he cannot afford to take such a forthright stand yet. Instead, the President seems to be aiming for the now familiar sort of compromise that pleases no one and accomplishes little...
Above all, decoupling would obviate the need to lie. A forthright admission that a policy isn't working can project leadership and gain credibility for those who call it squarely. The choice is not whether the U.S. should isolate China. That is impossible. The goal is to avoid perpetuating an ineffectual linkage that could isolate America from China...