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So unstoppable was his passion that it overwhelmed the management confusion in the Yankee organization created by his frequent top-level changes and untactful communications.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2010

Chang has a reputation among Westerners he has met for being opinionated and untactful while displaying an intellectually sharp cutting edge.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed untactful to ask what the secret police were doing in a library.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young man of brutal honesty and impeccable integrity, Bobby frequently antagonizes politicians with his blunt opinions and untactful tactics.

From Time Magazine Archive

It gave them an opportunity of interfering in Scottish affairs, not, indeed, in the untactful manner in which Henry VIII. had interfered, but as the apparent defenders of Scottish independence against a French protectorate.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey


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