clear-eyed
- s mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
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- Review: 'The Bling Ring'
The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola's acerbically arresting fifth feature, is a tasty contradiction: a clear-eyed, empathetic look at people the movie doesn't even pretend you can like. It's a true-life drama of American youth culture gone mad. Based on a 2010 Vanity Fair article by Nancy Jo Sales, the film tells the story of a pack of L.A. teenagers (four girls and one boy) who in 2008 began to break ...
June 14, 2013 - CNN
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- John McCain in International Herald Tribune
The next president must bring to office a clear-eyed view of our nation's role in the world as the defender of the oppressed and a force for peace,McCain told a convention of the American Legion. - Barack Obama in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice,Obama said. "We can admit the intractability of depravation, and still strive for dignity. Clear-eyed, we can understand that there will be war, and...