Word: plainspokenness
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Haig got on well with Mubarak. Both are military men, jut-jawed and plainspoken. At the end of the talks in Cairo's baroque Uruba Palace, Mubarak shook hands with Haig and said simply, "Well, I think we are finished." Haig grinned jauntily and replied, "No, see you in Washington." Mubarak arrives in the U.S. for a state visit on Feb. 2, though he may in fact see Haig again in Cairo a few days earlier. Ali assured reporters that Egypt welcomed Haig's participation in the peace process and promised to "intensify" the autonomy negotiations...
...fought through a highly complex program of tax incentives and other gimmicks, and focused on conservation as the key to solving the nation's twin problems of declining oil production and rising dependence on price-gouging foreign suppliers. The new plan that he outlined in his plainspoken, 23-minute Oval Office address last week was far simpler-and much more likely to be effective. Henceforth, old-fashioned marketplace economics is to be the basic engine to spur not only fuel saving but also a much needed, intensified search for new domestic supplies. But as Carter promised, the change will...
...Plainspoken and totally indifferent to sartorial fashion, Wilson was far removed, from the Tory Britain of clubs and grouse moors. He and his home-loving wife Mary (they have two sons) seldom entertained; they did their holidaying reading whodunits in a cottage in the Scilly Isles, off Land's End. After his third return to office in 1974, Wilson did not even bother to move back to 10 Downing, preferring to stay in his town house a few blocks away...
...first two weeks of October, assuring voters that his heart belongs to Kansas and not to Washington. He has also spent more money than any other senatorial candidate in state history-$708,392 since the first of the year as compared with Roy's $461,739. A plainspoken, genially combative obstetrician to the political left of Dole, Roy has tried to make a campaign issue of his opponent's campaign spending. Dole retorts that Roy has received $100,000 from organized labor in a state where a right-to-work law is supported by an overwhelming majority...
Jackson is not only determined, he is also effective-a fact that is recognized by allies and opponents alike. He does his homework; he is earnest and honest. He is nothing if not himself: plainspoken, no shaggy locks, rimless glasses or any other concession to youth or fashion. He operates from an almost impregnable position in the Senate, where he is chairman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and a member of the Armed Services Committee, the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and the Government Operations Committee...