Word: forthrightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Influence never persuasively explains why cautious Michael would let an obviously devious character like Alex so far into his life so quickly without checking his references. It is too busy putting on airs to deal with such practical matters. How one yearns, sometimes, for the subliterary bustle and forthright cheesiness of an old-fashioned B picture...
...times, his principles seem unbelieavably reactionary. His number one rule of University governance reads, "Not everything is improved by making it more democratic." But Rosovsky has been around long enough to anticipate the criticisms that such forthright remarks will inevitably raise--a post-script to one chapter is entitled "I can hear it already...