With characteristic bluntness and earthiness, he confronted domestic, foreign and personal events in 1965.

And so, with characteristic bluntness, he simply asked his father about them.

"Argentina needs new political and economic institutions, because the ruling class is spent," she said with characteristic bluntness.

The speech was delivered with characteristic flat bluntness, but she didn't quite meet his eyes as she spoke.

And he, with characteristic bluntness, said it's a factor in that I distrust you.

Anaya shrugged and said with her characteristic bluntness, "I don't know.

This observation has Johnson's characteristic bluntness, but also an almost overpowering sweetness.

"The litigation option isn't real," he said with characteristic bluntness.

"That's what Hillary did," the former Senate majority leader said, with characteristic bluntness.