Word: unafraid
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...Your story on Bangladesh quoted a man from Dhaka's Kawran Bazaar who was unafraid to speak to reporters about extortionists who don't hesitate to kill if they are refused their protection money. He said, "Whether you publish our names or not, we are all dead men in this market." Indians can very well imagine the abysmal depths to which Bangladesh has sunk, because of the situation in the Indian state of Bihar, which is beset by similar troubles. The government's failure to control crime and violence is largely a result of a running feud between political parties...
...tenure. There is no attempt to explain his turnabouts, no ruminations on the meaning of is. Bush does not utter the phrase, "What I meant to say was ..." The sheer size of his reversals makes them, by some political alchemy, seem like acts of principle by a fearless Executive unafraid of bold actions, including bold retreats...
...what you will about the explicitly “Conservative” and “Very Conservative” among us, but at least they are honest. Fair, balanced and unafraid, these brave souls who actually label themselves as Rightists in this liberal citadel are likely self-proclaimed “Hipublicans” who allegedly use their acerbic and edgy wit to poke fun whenever liberalism runs amok. Granted, there are some posers in this camp as well, but most of them are of the ironic liberal variety that thinks it’s funny to label themselves...
Prada the company has not been immune to the economic downturn and has some challenges ahead, including a heavy load of debt that it has been working to pay off. But one thing Prada the woman is unafraid of is a good fight. And more often than not, she wins. --By Belinda Luscombe
...found in Democrats. He is willing, obviously, to tell audiences some unpleasant truths. He is also gloriously free of the rhetorical, demographic and intellectual shackles that come with political consultants, pollsters and the other skittish, spineless purveyors of the conventional wisdom. He not only speaks plain English, he speaks unafraid English. Consequently, he has reopened the Democratic Party--formerly a political nursing home--to idealistic young people. His position on the most important issue, the war in Iraq, still makes sense: there was no immediate threat and therefore no casus belli...