Word: forthright
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...does not believe, for example, that the negotiations should take place at an international conference, because it does not want to see the Soviet Union involved in Middle East settlement efforts. The U.S., moreover, insists that it will deal directly with the P.L.O. only if the organization makes a forthright public statement of its support for relevant U.N. resolutions and of its recognition of Israel...
...symptomatic of clear University hypocrisy on the issue of accountability. Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr '59 has criticized students for failing to take responsibility for their actions. But the University has reacted irresponsibly to student civil disobedience, by failing to enforce guidelines in a forceful, forthright, and fair manner...
...Henk Huting, chairman of the Netherlands Reformed Synod. Huting deplored the Catholic Church's ecumenical regression and blamed it on "instructions from higher authority." Read: Rome. For his part, John Paul skipped some hard-line passages in his prepared address, but the text remains the Pontiff's most forthright statement on his approach toward Protestantism. Discussion of joint Communion services is futile, he indicated, and Rome is unwilling to explore changes in the nature of the priesthood. The speech removed any remaining doubt that John Paul now foresees substantial ecumenical progress only with the Eastern Orthodox churches...
...leniency. "I don't know of another man living in this country who has been as dedicated, patriotic and such a willing and constant servant to our Government and our Constitution," Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona said in a letter. "I have always found him to be honest and forthright," wrote former President Gerald Ford...
...South, investors grew jittery once again about the health of Texas banks, which have been rocked for three years by disastrous loans in energy and, more recently, in real estate. Texas banks have come under heavy pressure from federal regulators to own up to their losses by adopting more forthright accounting methods. One elite bank that seemed impervious to the energy bust, Texas Commerce Bancshares (assets: $20.7 billion), startled the financial community earlier this month with a disclosure that its first-quarter profits would decline 35%, to $30 million, its first quarterly drop in 16 years...