Word: honest
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Never thought about it that way, to be honest...
...Honest Infidels Blindfolded and handcuffed, the man crouched on the ground, surrounded by Afghan soldiers and their U.S. Marine mentors. He had been found with insurgent propaganda and a Taliban flag and had a bruise on his shoulder - the kind the Afghan soldiers recognized from their days of carrying AK-47s while fighting Soviet forces more than 20 years ago. He said he was an illiterate shepherd, but he had a notebook full of writing. He claimed never to have visited Pakistan, but his mobile phone was filled with Pakistani numbers. Most likely, he was an insurgent...
...LaBute (The Shape of Things, Fat Pig, Some Girls) is America's great chronicler of the unbridgeable chasm between the sexes. Men treat women terribly, or are manipulated by them, or simply can't be honest with them. Kent, Greg's friend at the big-box store where they work - the kind of place the people in Impressionism or God of Carnage have probably never walked into - is one of LaBute's signature characters: the brutish user of women, cheating on his wife (a cute security guard at the store) and enlisting the weakling Greg in his deception. LaBute...
...ensure that the print version of the Q Guide will never be missed, the new online version should reinvent the previous guide. First, the rating rubric, which is currently limited to a “1 to 5” scale, should be redesigned to allow for a more honest evaluation of courses—perhaps even a change as simple as a “1 to 10” scale would do. Second, there should be links from the descriptions of courses to those of related courses, as the best feature of the print edition was the ease...
...total catharsis has occurred in the lives of every character. The play is able to speak to all elements of American life, demonstrating that behind the dichotomous ideals of seemingly incongruous elements of contemporary America—homosexuality and religion—is the same desire for truth and honest self-expression.The characters of “Angels in America,” who, as Mormons and gays, represent contradictory elements of life in America, find themselves forced to confront their innate prejudices. In “Perestroika,” the conflict is heightened by the addition...