More practically: to which "end" of the duchess will Blunt address his performance?
The blunt address was a departure for the mayor, who usually goes out of his way to appear mild-mannered in public.
In a forceful, blunt address at the General Assembly, Mr. Bush told world leaders that the United States was determined, and invited them to take the same firm stand.
On the morning after his blunt address on health care to a joint session of Congress, Mr. Obama addressed a group of nurses on the White House campus — and received the endorsement of their professional association, administration officials said.
In a stinging and blunt address that at times sounded like a campaign speech, Mr. Bloomberg described a point-by-point plan for reigniting entrepreneurship and growth, calling for tax cuts for businesses, an overhaul of regulations and investments in job training.
When he is so blunt in addressing the even more messianic believers in Reform 2.00, corporate reformers should realize that their center cannot hold.
In The Nation, Ari Berman reminds us that Bond was blunt in addressing the attack on voting after right-wing election victories in 2010.
Craig Lally, the president of the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers, and other union officials were blunt as they addressed the L.A. Police Commission during the panel's first public meeting since it decided last week that one officer was not justified in fatally shooting Ford, even though the officer was in a struggle with Ford over control of his gun.
Regardless, Bernanke maintains, the interest rate is too blunt a tool for addressing a narrow sector of the economy like tech stocks or even housing.
Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg's Senate testimony today, Facebook has rolled out a number of product updates — including a bounty hunting program of up to $40,000 for user data violations — meant to address (and blunt) the criticism he's likely to face.
