Robert Goff was known throughout Washington as a straight-talking, no-nonsense man.

Andrew is a direct, no-nonsense man - a former Army officer who now runs his own shoe importing business.

"He was a no-nonsense man who said what he had to say."

McNerney had a hard reputation and was seen as a tough, no-nonsense man.

The Doc appeared to be a no-nonsense man, of few words.

He was a big, no-nonsense man and a fair disciplinarian.

Russell seems like a no-nonsense man of the sea; perhaps Frankel should have hired an actor.

It took a tough, no-nonsense man to keep such a town in line.

A no-nonsense man with short, dark hair, he was beginning to show the creeping paunch of middle age.

He is a no-nonsense man who, in his own words, admits that "some of us have to be shallow so others can be deep."