Word: kindest
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Such conduct cost Brown what few friends he had in the state capital of Sacramento-where "arrogant kid" was the kindest epithet reserved for him-but he was winning a popular following throughout the state. In January, Brown announced that he would campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor. One opponent, Assembly Speaker Robert Moretti, boasted privately: "I'm going to drive Jerry Brown up the wall...
...seems to have a moral blind spot. To me it is simply astonishing that he would make the transcripts public with the avowed belief that they would exonerate him. They may not actually amount to a conviction of criminal behavior. Perhaps the kindest way of putting it is that they amount to an unwitting confession, in which he stands convicted by his own words as a man who deliberately and repeatedly tried to keep the truth from the people...
Perhaps the kindest cut is that Barzel's image has been compared with that of both Lyndon Johnson, as a behind-the-scenes manipulator, and Richard Nixon, as an ambitious opportunist. Barzel tells his aides that "the people should look at what I have done, not just at my image." Even so he has been trying to improve that image by toning down his speaking style and trying to project himself as a thoughtful, issue-oriented leader...
...seems to be as intoxicating as alcohol. Even that master of precooked prose, Richard Nixon, could not resist a pun on the morning after he was elected to the presidency. Referring to a presidential seal that Julie had stitched and framed for him, Nixon described it as "the kindest thing that I had happen, even though it's crewel." That conjures up the frightening vision of a Nixon-Muskie race in which the two candidates pun for the presidency...
Brooks' warm personality was a major factor in Cahalan's decision to apply to Harvard instead of Yale. "He's the kindest, gentlest guy I've ever met," Cahalan said last month...