Word: honest
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...anything that might reflect poorly on their current or former employers. "One of the things I have always believed is, presidential campaigns are unique. They are like MRIs for the soul. You can't hide who you are," said Axelrod at the outset, a line that was either an honest observation or a subtle swipe at McCain...
...time, Downey, who served as the president of the Lampoon in ’73, says that no one thought of the Lampoon as a possible pre-professional experience, though it has since become a West Point for comedy writing. “Nowadays it’s an honest-to-goodness pipeline,” he says, noting that such television comedy staples as “Late Night with David Letterman,” “The Simpsons,” and, formerly, “Seinfeld” have all been heavily staffed with former Lampoon...
...think that's bulls---," he says. "I believe that anything he was asked he was very honest in answering because he's a systems engineer. And Lori Garver is not equipped to make technical judgments on the architecture of a space exploration system." The unnamed NASA source concedes that Griffin can be brutally honest and occasionally tactless, but insists that his shouting is simply improbable. The Obama transition office did not return an e-mail seeking comment from Garver...
...don’t have one—let’s be honest,” said Anthropology department chair Theodore C. Bestor, when asked if he had a clear idea of how to move forward with budgetary planning within his department. “If, at this point, we’re being given ranges and overalls with no specifics, how do you write a budget with clean numbers...
...don’t have to be bitter at Harvard or taken in by an elliptical populist desire for eating the rich in order to suggest that the endowment should be taxable. You only need to make an honest assessment of the purpose that taxes play in our society, and realize that sometimes we must submerge our immediate advantages under the title of the common good...