They believed he was honest and that Blaine was not.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

They like to--when they're computing the investment yield, they want to be completely honest and not use any rules of thumb.

当他们计算投资收益率的时候,他们需要完全精确,而非用经验公式

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And in Washington this was the reaction: "To be honest,I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize men and women who have inspired me, and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

Maybe not everyone takes it that seriously. But reading what we read here, and engaging in honest conversation about it, has to change you."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"But it also should be an honest debate, not one dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortions, spread by the very folks who would benefit the most by keeping things exactly as they are,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22