Word: forthrightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plans include not only working on Broadway but also composing Rachmaninoff-like solo piano pieces--but Sir Paul sweeps the table when it comes to sheer audaciousness. McCartney, who cannot read music and readily confesses to having attended only a handful of classical concerts, has been no less forthright in acknowledging the extensive role played by four "musical associates." Jazz musician Steve Lodder and classical composer David Matthews transcribed and edited his original computerized keyboard noodlings; classical saxophonist John Harle "advised me on the structure of the piece"; film composer Richard Rodney Bennett (Murder on the Orient Express) served...
Some groups were "not so comfortable about coming out and saying, 'Free Taiwan'--they didn't feel comfortable being so forthright," says Rabgey, adding that "when we talk about the Chinese government, its such an abstraction. This isn't about the Chinese people...
...being honored because he's been so honest, sensible and forthright on the issue of affirmative action, it's as simple as that," said Willie J. Washington, chair of the New England Committee of the fund...
...Forthright and irreverent, Williams emerged from her farmhouse to greet the press in jeans, a tank top and bare feet. She shares the $1 million award with her six-year-old coalition, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which has helped persuade nearly 100 governments to support a treaty to end the production, sale and stockpiling of land mines and to clean up existing minefields around the world. The explosive devices, which can cost as little as $3 apiece and are strewn haphazardly in places like Angola, Cambodia and Bosnia, are responsible for killing or brutally maiming some...
...McCain's forthright style endears him to most of his collegues, including Kerry, who credits the senator's boldness in leading the campaign reform fight...