Word: straightforwardness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...union official in London that "Maxwell is a rogue . . . watch out for him." Instead, McDonald and colleagues found themselves praising the new owner -- who at week's end still required formal rank-and-file ratifications -- as a "tough negotiator who understands problems fast." They enthused about how straightforward and plainspoken he was, how quick to extend a hand to shake on a proposed deal. Having reduced the options to Maxwell or nothing, they did not challenge his characterization of the cuts as "historical, unprecedented and necessary to guarantee the return of the Daily News to the streets of New York...
...feel pure Egyptian. We are originally pharaohs. There is no blood relation between us and the Arabs." A surprising number of ordinary Egyptians also seem to feel warmly toward the West. Said Abul Yazid Tawfiq, a taxi driver: "I feel closer to the West than the Arabs. Westerners are straightforward. They want to work with...
...Marty has a real-world sensibility to him that is not very common to top-flight academics," Shoven says. "He's practical, straightforward and clear-thinking...
While the rest of the Administration worries about Scuds and tanks, a few of George Bush's advisers have turned their attention to the weighty matter of what to call the President's re-election effort. The straightforward CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect the President) will simply not do: too many associations with the tainted Nixon and Watergate years. Other possibilities discussed, albeit none very seriously...
...most visible symbol of the U.S.'s technological edge -- those pinpoint strikes on Iraqi targets -- actually represents some fairly straightforward bombing. The key technology is a simple laser detector on the nose of a glide bomb that is electronically linked to adjustable fins in the bomb's tail. All the pilot has to do is point a pencil-thin laser beam at his target and push a button. A stabilizing computer keeps the beam locked in place, freeing the pilot to pitch and roll as necessary to evade enemy fire while the bomb rides along the beam's reflection, flying...