candour

Mr Brown seems to have encountered the same lack of candour in his discussions about rather larger sums than my now-reduced overdraft.

Candour was one of his favourite virtues.

On the whole, bosses reject the candour of the out-of-office Mr Blunkett, and adopt instead the unflinching confidence of his former self.

Even at this obvious moment for candour Sue could not be quite candid as to the state of that mystery, her heart.

Candour has its place in foreign policy, but it requires a strategy to underpin the rhetoric.

Such candour endears her to business partners and foreign rivals.

This candour is usually rewarded with more negative publicity.

The fact that King Abdullah's illness was publicly announced may be cited as a sign of new-found candour that bodes well for the future.

Paz, an intelligent and harassed man, began by setting forth the general case for revolution with fluency and candour.

Newspapers not known for their candour about Egypt began to describe it with a new, hard clarity.

And in a rare moment of candour from a sitting president, Mr Obama acknowledged the public's faith in him was slipping.

'I don't trust him, ' he said, in a rare moment of candour.

"We should never have been there in the first place, " he says of Afghanistan, to a constituent startled by his candour.

Needless to say, such candour brought howls of angry indignation from an industry bent on getting back to business as usual.

He imagined her, in the majesty of her candour, above all the arts that torture.

Yet Mr Gove's candour fails him when it comes to another way in which English education is an international outlier.

I had marked neither modesty, nor benevolence, nor candour , nor refinement in her mind or manners.

He met the survey of Apacides with a steady eye, and a brow of serene and open candour .

You could call it energy and candour, great American virtues, carried to excess.

Carry, always the soul of candour , put the case squarely to her friend.

All the candour of youth was in his face as well as youth's passionate purity.

Acheson is a good teacher, giving lessons free of charge, and he is telling the whole truth with tireless zeal and great candour.

Whatever spurred the president, a dose of candour can be good for all.

Such candour was impressive, and an effective way of managing the press.

A certain kind of scientific candour is a very important quality.

Beijing, for its part, is showing a new candour, warning that the magical 8 per cent growth threshold may be beyond it this year.

He had made several public appearances in the assembly, distinguished by good sense, candour ; and ability.

There was in this woman something approaching candour.

But more representative governance may make such candour more difficult.

Candour about the succession would be unwise: those who are not picked might quit.

The BBC also alleges a cover-up, saying Trafigura's denials "lack credibility and candour" .

her candour is so obvious that mrs . hushabye was confused.

The president's candour was well received.

eg. The book was widely commended for its candour.

And Tory candour does not yet extend to specifying where most of the cuts will fall.

Mr Miliband's boldness involved not candour but speed.

Some G8 members, not least Japan, the host, are wary of messing with the formula, which is designed to promote intimacy and candour.

Candour is the brightest GEM of criticism.

On US TV in particular such candour is refreshing.

SOMETIMES you have to admire the candour of Russian leaders.

His candour was shocking.

said (18 November) that Zhong was respected in China for his candour and work in fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003.