Word: forthrightly
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Broadcasting from Washington after his last hard-driving primary campaign in South Dakota, Bob Taft concentrated on what he had found to be "the greatest concern" of the American people: U.S. foreign policy. With forthright emphasis, "Mr. Republican" denied the existence of genuine bipartisanship in foreign affairs, denounced the diplomacy of Truman and Acheson as "the most disastrous" in the whole history of U.S. foreign policy, then offered his own formula to protect freedom and defeat Communism. He disavowed isolationism in the strongest terms, and called for a "crusade" to "spread the doctrine of individual liberty throughout the world...
...This just isn't true." Kazan declared yesterday. The secrecy of the Communist Party can be answered only by a forthright statement of fact, he said. Because unofficial, unorganized groups bring irresponsible charges, and because confusion over the ambiguity of one's position leads to self-censorship, a clear, open statement is needed, he said...
...first time in its 163 years of constitutional government, the U.S. seemed headed for a decision by its Supreme Court on the limits of a President's power. Harry Truman's seizure of the steel mills had raised the issue. A forthright judgment by Federal District Judge David A. Pine had brought the issue to a head. Whatever the Supreme Court's ruling, Judge Pine's decision came as a sharp check to the persistent expansion of presidential powers which began-and was warmly welcomed by most of the U.S.-in the early days...
...congratulate you on your forthright and penetrating editorial "Death of a Movie." It is by far the best brief statement which I have seen on the difficult problem of keeping open all channels of communication, while preventing actual discrimination or injury. Albert Sprague Coolidge, Lecturer in Chemistry
...faculty is President Taylor, who came to Sarah Lawrence in 1945 from Wisconsin where he was an assistant professor of philosophy. Taylor, perhaps more than anyone else, typifies the best qualities of Sarah Lawrence. Taylor is a handsome, curly-headed philosopher whose youthfulness belies his 38 years. Open and forthright, he has consistently fought for his principles of education and academic freedom by hiring controversial people and by answering all attacks without sacrificing his beliefs. Surprisingly, many of his worst critics are Sarah Lawrence students, who feel that once Taylor's boyishness ceases to impress the hardened sophomore, she sees...