"To be brutally frank," admitted Hoagland, Trump "is going to have to invite the Democratic leadership to Camp David—I would hope not to Mar-a-Lago.
Walcott speaks more freely about Arsenal's affairs and was frank in admitting that William Gallas's winner against Hull should have been disallowed by the referee Mike Riley.
One sure way to discourage them would be to reintroduce price controls.Given the difficulty of reconciling the short-term pressure to keep prices down with the long-term need for investment, Sebastiao do Rego Barros, head of the National Petroleum Agency and Brazil's oil-industry regulator, is refreshingly frank in admitting that he is not yet sure which way to go.
He is frank in admitting that one attraction for him in recruiting them is that their wage cost is inexpensive but, more crucial, he stresses, has been their capacity to inject energy and enthusiasm not just into pupils but also into a staffroom where uncertainty about the future had taken its toll on morale.
Dr. Peter Piot, the director of the United Nations AIDS program, a partner in the 3 by 5 effort, said, "We have to be frank and admit that we have a long way to go".
But they are frank to admit that the data isn't really there.
Schaffter thanked the president for being frank and openly admitting there are challenges with issues relating to children.
He can be disarmingly frank, such as when admitting he had to lie to save the euro.
When problems are revealed, like the mismanagement at the county prison reported last month by the county comptroller, Howard Weitzman, Mr. Suozzi has been frank and open in admitting them and declaring his government's determination to set them right.
Unlike most designers, though, he is frank enough to admit his choices are conceived with a budget — his own and the consumer's — in mind.
