Word: forthrightly
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Extra Authority. Such forthright methods should go far toward bringing order out of the chaos in Malaya's jungles. Some Britons, questioning Templer's appointment, last week wondered whether his methods would be as effective in soothing Malaya's populace, which, like all Eastern peoples, bristles with nationalistic pride and racial jealousies. Chief problem: winning over the 2,000,000 Chinese in Malaya, who control much of the colony's business but are denied political equality. Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton, recently returned from Malaya, says: "You cannot expect to overcome the emergency without the help...
...knows too much for his own good. Too sophisticated for miracles, he must find his way to grace through such hoary maxims as "Love one another." To give that wan truism the flush of a bold truth, Novelist Buechner's drawing-room tragedy would have to glow with forthright eloquence; it shimmers with frosty, neo-Jamesian elegance instead...
...N.A.M. turned its attention to domestic problems, heard a forthright attack by Price Boss Mike Di Salle on N.A.M. policies. Even though he knew NA.M.'s arguments against price controls, e.g., free competition is more effective than Government meddling, Di Salle didn't think they stood up. Besides, said he: "I am not convinced that spokesmen for the N.A.M. speak for the majority of American businessmen." U.S. Chamber of Commerce Economist Emerson P. Schmidt fired back. Said he: "OPS has had little to do with stopping price increases, and in all conscience should not grab credit for below...
Congratulations on your forthright statement that Protestantism is the big threat to Communism...
Such an argument would be more than adequate if the sole purpose of a University were to place at the disposal of the students material of varied sorts, presented by a group of intellectually forthright and honest experts whose job it was to interpret and teach this material. This, however, is not the sole purpose of a university, although in recent years it has come to seem...