But not when the straight talker starts saying things it is very hard to imagine that he remotely believes in.
No - in this case it was careless, slip-shod batting against bowling that was straight but not menacing.
Jamie How played in a more circumspect manner than his colleagues, but even a straight bat could not negate Anderson in the form he was in.
Serious investors, of course, do not rely on press accounts but go straight to the source of the statistics.
The Bulldogs were playing in their 15th straight NCAA tournament but have not advanced past the Round of 16 since 1999.
And then there are the Chinese companies that are not only offering financing for projects but are straight off giving the Kazakhs a 50% stake.
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But reports suggested the players did not want a straight winner-takes-all pot and were concerned how the money would be shared between squad members, backroom staff and injured players.
Known in France as the PACS (pacte civil de solidarite), the civil union agreement can be entered into by gay or straight couples and confers many but not all of the rights of marriage.
Known in France as the PACS, or pacte civil de solidarite, the civil union agreement can be entered into by same-sex or straight couples and confers many but not all of the rights of marriage.
But some patients might suffer because they were not put straight through to a doctor.
But the line between Smith and Friedman is not a straight one, as Mr Stedman Jones points out.
Ravi Bopara batted well - and was particularly effective when he played straight and did not slog - but, after a promising start, Luke Wright's bludgeoning style looked too cumbersome.
But PC Robbie Burns says it's not always so straight forward.
Crowley said her intent in doing so was not to set the record straight for viewers but merely to steer the discussion out of a cul-de-sac.
It may yet turn out that way, but so far, it has not been nearly as easy or straight forward as expected.
Stephen Warnock should have made it safe for Liverpool late on but shot straight at Ulrich Rame - and his side did not need a second goal in any case.
Ms Blears told the BBC that politicians not giving straight answers could be an issue, but said a "grown up political discourse" could only happen if people were prepared to listen.
But when he is not in a suit and tie, he heads straight for Rancho Seco.
Following the state attorney-general's advice, three justices have chosen not to marry any couples, gay or straight, but to fulfill their other duties.
It is, after all, a line that will pass straight through the county, but the trains on it will not stop here.
"It is not easy to come to Rangers and settle in straight away but he is starting to now and I think that showed today, " he said.
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No word just yet on when our next whip will sport a few extra senses, but rather than make things easier on us to control, why not jump straight to autopilot?
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But neither did he ever open up and tell her straight out he did not love her.
Lomax could not land the extras but Saints held on to end their run of two straight defeats.
With the protection strategy, you may not get all the gains from a market going straight up, but you may end up keeping more of the gains after the next selloff.
But Hull, who stay eighth, were equally frustrated at not completing a third straight win, after last weekend's Easter double, having got out of the traps fastest, going 18-0 up inside the first half an hour.
It's not the GOP lock it once was, but the streak of voting Republican 10 straight times is likely to continue.
You could like him or not, but you understood that by his lights he was giving it to you straight as he could.
And the only reason I bring it up is not for pedestrian concerns, but because the federal government has been closed for four straight days.
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