The staff of a losing campaign are a lot more ready and able to speak frankly than the staff of the victor.

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I've come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here.

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Seven weeks after the operation, and long after the brothers had been released, campaigners leafleted the area saying they were still waiting for police officers to speak frankly to the community about what had happened.

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Don't expect the candidates ever to speak that frankly -- too risky.

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The association is far too polite to speak so frankly.

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Might any of their customers be willing to sit down and speak frankly with me?

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Well I just don't think there is a right-wing core that you can speak to, you frankly, you know just don't have a vote if that's the case.

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In that sort of relationship, as President Obama rightly described, there are moments that we speak frankly to each other and that frankness will only add to the strength of the relationship and contribute to the successes that we have.

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The conditions that led to what happened in this economy two years ago -- the President quite frankly is going to speak at Cooper Union, where he gave a speech in I believe March of 2008, calling for financial reform.

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No artifice, no flash, no -- well, frankly, no star power to speak of.

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