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truth-telling - definition and meaning
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The only full characterisation comes from Gawn Grainger, who, velveteen-voiced and effortlessly insinuating, turns the part of a truth-telling old retainer into the pivot of the action, and the only occasion for a genuine joke.
A Woman Killed with Kindness; Loyalty; Ghost – review 2011
However, by the same fuzzy yardstick, British Petroleum confirms the mendacity of all corporate chieftains and Donald Trump is an icon of political truth-telling .
Jonathan Lewis: Three Empty Cups of Tea Jonathan Lewis 2011
There is a fine line between name-calling and truth-telling : one is about tearing down the dignity of another human being and the other is about speaking a position or belief that helps move a body forward in positive ways.
Bruce Reyes-Chow: Jesus Christ, Michelle Bachmann And Other Lunatics Bruce Reyes-Chow 2011
Margaret's truth-telling makes her our hero, but in her unrepentant wounding of philandering Mike, can she be looked upon as a better person than he?
In New York, 'Good People' a sign of hope for this theater season 2011
What makes “journalism” is adhering to some kind of code to strive to achieve truth-telling .
Matthew Yglesias » Queen Noor on Gaza 2009
There is a fine line between name-calling and truth-telling : one is about tearing down the dignity of another human being and the other is about speaking a position or belief that helps move a body forward in positive ways.
Bruce Reyes-Chow: Jesus Christ, Michelle Bachmann And Other Lunatics Bruce Reyes-Chow 2011
There is a fine line between name-calling and truth-telling : one is about tearing down the dignity of another human being and the other is about speaking a position or belief that helps move a body forward in positive ways.
Bruce Reyes-Chow: Jesus Christ, Michelle Bachmann And Other Lunatics Bruce Reyes-Chow 2011
Partly they did so out of regard for truth-telling and accountability.
Pen, Meet Market. Market, Meet Sword Raymond Zhong 2011
There is a fine line between name-calling and truth-telling : one is about tearing down the dignity of another human being and the other is about speaking a position or belief that helps move a body forward in positive ways.
Bruce Reyes-Chow: Jesus Christ, Michelle Bachmann And Other Lunatics Bruce Reyes-Chow 2011
In the 1970s American playgoers rushed to embrace Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" as a masterpiece of hard-hitting truth-telling .
Men Dating Themselves Terry Teachout 2011
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