Word: outspokenness
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...almost flawless public performance is all the more admirable for hiding his true nature: short-fused, outspoken, archconservative. As a senior British official who knows him well puts it, "He has all the prejudices of a white Englishman of his age and social standing." Notes a friend: "Denis calls a spade a bloody shovel, though these days he does it privately. It requires an almost superhuman effort for him to keep the old mouth shut in public. Loyalty to Margaret and common sense make...
...oratorical talent and his pleasant personality. Those were exactly the qualifications that appealed to such influential L.D.P. members as Takeshita and former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. They see Kaifu as young and attractive enough to appeal to the public but docile enough to heed his elders. Anyone more outspoken could threaten the delicate balance among the party's four major factions, which operate like separate clubs and compete for Cabinet posts...
...priests and rabbis scratching their heads over Yuletide and Hanukkah dos and don'ts for many holidays to come. But far more than cradles and reindeer is at stake after last week's decision. The creche and menorah case, County of Allegheny v. A.C.L.U., saw the emergence of an outspoken bloc of four conservative Justices, just one vote shy of a majority, who are openly intent on challenging long-established views on the separation between church and state. The creche dissent in the Allegheny decision brought together Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Byron White and Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
Bush Administration officials felt betrayed by Shamir's action. "These are the kinds of ((conditions)) that fall under the heading of deal breakers," said a senior staff member. But U.S. officials feared that any outspoken criticism of Israel would only boomerang and said they intended to continue working with the plan...
Some investors nonetheless expressed outspoken support for the deal. Said Gordon Crawford, a money manager at the Los Angeles-based Capital Group, the largest institutional owner of Time shares: "If you put Time and Warner together, you have what I think will be the greatest media and entertainment company in the world. I would rather be a long-term owner than cashed out of one of the world's most exciting companies at $175 a share." Concurred Kendrick Noble, who follows media companies for the Paine Webber investment firm: "After all the smoke blows away and we can look...