Word: unafraid
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Jewett, too, is described as unafraid to go out on a limb. "He's not hesitant to make the tough decisions," says Dingman...
...ruthless. Over the years he has perfected a calculating public modesty, down-playing himself about, say, his mediocre college grades. But behind the self-deprecation is a huge ego and a steely inner toughness. Everything Ueberroth does has a purpose. He is a creative energizer of people, a man unafraid to make unpopular decisions, a natural teacher and leader...
Ferraro, like Feinstein, seemed unafraid of taking on the vice-presidential race, even with the risk that she might be blamed if the ticket failed. Mondale's advisers were impressed by both women and soon became partisans of one or the other...
...electorate has yet to be exposed to many female campaigners-none at the topmost level-and people are able to cling to prejudice more easily in the abstract. With a real live female candidate stumping the country and getting incessant public attention between now and November, one who is unafraid of seeming both feminine and strong, a lot of half-baked, half-conscious bias should slough away. "Kennedy proved that Catholics had finally arrived in American society, that they could win any office, run any corporation, achieve any social position," says Stuart Eizenstat, a Presidential Adviser in the Carter Administration...
...tournament by two shots. This year, when agronomists left the course relatively alone, Irwin led with three sub-par rounds before collapsing spectacularly under the combined weight of Winged Foot's patient vengeance and a second straight day of Zoeller's rollicking gallery. These days a golfer unafraid to smile is likely to be followed anywhere. Before the playoff, Zoeller said, "I kept hearing people say, 'Don't let the money out of the country.' Hell, it's only going to Orlando." Norman recently moved there...