Part of Herman Cain's appeal is that he's seen as a straight talker, not like those twisty politicians.
The BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo says he is seen as a straight-talker with a reputation for standing up to the powerful bureaucracy.
It wouldn't be at the end of your metaphorical street but in reality your chances of survival are far higher if you're seen by a specialist straight away.
Undoubtedly, there are certain eternal lessons about war, which could be seen as having a straight line from Korea, to Vietnam, to the Cold War and into Desert Storm.
It means trying to address a situation where even as we have now for 35 straight months seen private sector job creation, we have for much of that time seen job loss in state and local governments, a vast portion of it in education, i.e. school teachers.
Every city tracked in the 20-City Composite has seen prices rise for three straight months and 16 of the 20 cities saw year-over-year increases.
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Now, improving consumer confidence and a thawing in the auto loan market has helped fuel the rebound that has now seen sales increase for seven straight months.
The company has seen net income rise in two straight quarters.
The company has seen net income rise in three straight quarters.
The company has seen revenue grow for three quarters straight.
The Black Cats came into the match on the back of three straight wins that had seen them climb out of immediate danger at the bottom of the Premier League table.
Had I seen it, I would have walked straight past without looking twice.
"I have seen a growing number (of) straight and same-sex couples thrive on the infamous 'monogamish' agreement, " psychotherapist Jean Malpas says.
This is the third straight quarter we've seen significant subscriber growth from Virgin, a development that we believe is key to driving higher customer satisfaction and improved metrics for Virgin as well.
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He hired a smart media guy in Mike Murphy, who was last seen riding shotgun on John McCain's Straight Talk Express.
We've all seen little boys shoot baskets for six hours straight, or practice that same dumb skateboard trick 400 times in a row.
For three straight quarters, the company has seen net income rise.
It was once seen as a Scarlet Letter to have your movie go straight to DVD.
If the question was posed in more general terms, such as running experiments with deficient methods, failing to report deficiencies or misrepresenting data, the straight average suggested that 46% of researchers had seen others get up to such shenanigans.
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It is the second straight week the U.S. IPO market has seen a big, first day move.
And now industrial production for 2012 is seen rising at a dismal 2.4 percent, the eighth straight forecast decline.
It would take off horizontally from a runway and go straight to orbit without the need for the multiple propellant stages seen in today's throw-away launchers.
We have seen an honest man who knows the facts and always gives it to us straight.
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