Unless all aspects of the crisis are addressed forthrightly, any steps to remedy it will bear only the patina of reform and renewal.
We need a 50-year farm bill that addresses forthrightly the problems of soil loss and degradation, toxic pollution, fossil-fuel dependency and the destruction of rural communities.
The candidates would like to move on from controversies, but they will linger until November if they are not addressed forthrightly.
The distributions of costs and benefits among individuals, groups of individuals, nations, and generations raise questions of equity that need to be addressed forthrightly.
Mr. Bernanke should address them forthrightly as well.
That is, the three of you should address this forthrightly, equip yourselves with accurate information and strive for consensus.
"I said to Tony that if Mark hopes to be able to proceed from opening day on, he has to address this forthrightly, to answer all legitimate questions and all secondary ones," Costas said.
John Kerry is an intelligent and able candidate; here's hoping that he does not neglect the problem of race in America and addresses it forthrightly.
Let me also say how gratifying it is to see the issue of HIV/AIDS addressed so forthrightly in the draft Resolution.
Moreover, it is a shame that it takes an incident like this to induce a (black!) president to address these issues forthrightly.
