There is a rustic directness about it.

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Next came a two-year stint at McKinsey for what she considers a welcome dose of American directness.

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There is little doubt Israelis' penchant for directness is partly a product of living amid the harsh realities of the Middle East.

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People are more likely to understand an explicit rather than an implicit message, especially in western societies where directness is considered a virtue.

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But in the short run her unpompous, down-to-earth, jargon-free directness should bring a gust of fresh air to the stale, grey-suited, male-dominated, wheeler-dealing atmosphere of German politics.

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Rather, it is a warts-and-all directness.

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But self-doubt and soul-searching can be a pose just like anything else, and directness does not always prevent self-consciousness.

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Jeannie (Tilly Hatcher), who runs the store, gets around in a wheelchair (and Bujalski films her ordinary challenges with unsentimental directness).

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The poets represented here feel the tempestuousness of the times on their pulses, and their language its terseness, its brutal directness brings those feelings to life with a terrible sense of conviction.

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Moreover, the sheer sexiness of "A Little Night Music" (which is, among other things, a musical about the difference between sex and love) comes across with breath-catching directness.

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