Word: forthright
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...suave, eloquent Peres is a stronger leader than the cautious, dogmatic Rabin, and that he would be willing to make unpopular decisions toward peace. Still, the vote was so narrow that not even Peres, had he won, would have felt politically secure enough at home to push for such forthright negotiations with the Arabs...
...paintings were determinedly "unfeminine," full of darkness, gore and gesticulation: witness the candlelit hand and shadowed face of Judith, like a waning moon, in Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (circa 1625). A few other late-Renaissance women, like Sofonisba Anguissola, got more commissions than the forthright Artemisia; they moved with more ease at court and could play society better. But there is good reason to regard Artemisia Gentileschi as the most distinguished woman painter to have worked between the 16th century and the end of the 19th, when Sonia Delaunay and Georgia O'Keeffe were born...
...President takes over at a particularly challenging time, one of those turning points in U.S. history that seem to be occurring at shorter and shorter intervals. After the banishment of Richard Nixon, the decent, solid and forthright Gerald Ford?to his everlasting credit?did much to restore faith and confidence in Government and to curb inflation. But he did little to grapple with the nation's other problems. The U.S. is still moving into the post-Viet Nam and post-Watergate era, still struggling to recover from a deep recession. Revitalizing the economy, of course, will be Carter's immediate...
...sleeve." The attack was unfair. Despite jokes that he was taking his initials too seriously, Carter usually talked about his personal beliefs only when asked. But he did so with a candor and self-assurance that was unnerving to some, including Protestants, who were unfamiliar with the forthright traditions of Southern evangelicalism...
...loyalty. A Carter victory guarantees a minor boom on Main Street. Contractor Abbett was already thinking about facilities for the Secret Service and Georgia troopers: "I hope I get my share of that work." Angie Stevens, manager of the Back Porch, a post-convention sandwich shop, had a forthright view of Election Day: "If he wins, we'll be here for five more years. If he loses-well, we've had a helluva good time...