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• n  without obstructions to passage or view
  the openness of the prairies
• n  characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
• n  willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

• No doubt because of my (persuasive) prowess and Arianna's intellectual openness, she switched, becoming a lefty.
• Sex is no longer a rude word in Asia, as its citizens shed their prudish pasts and embrace a new era of openness.
• The first lesson is, naturally, openness.

• nakedness
• receptiveness
• receptivity

• closeness

News & Articles

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• 20th graduating class celebrates in traditional Souhegan High School style
  AMHERST – Regina Sullivan saw the first class of Souhegan High School students enter in 1992. Twenty graduating classes later, she recognizes that a lot has changed with technology and openness, but the motivation to succeed and lead with pride has remained intact. On Friday evening, 206 graduates matriculated into working, military  and higher education environments near and far. The ...
  June 15, 2013 - The Nashua Telegraph
• Iran's leader jabs US as presidential vote begins
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader gave a salty rebuke Friday to U.S. questions over the openness of the presidential contest in the Islamic Republic, telling Washington "the hell with you" after casting his ballot in a race widely criticized in the West as rigged in favor of Tehran's ruling system.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Iran’s leader jabs U.S. as vote begins
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader gave a salty rebuke today to U.S. questions over the openness of the presidential contest in the Islamic Republic, telling Washington “the hell with you” after casting his ballot in a race widely criticized in the West as rigged in favor of Tehran’s ruling system. read more
  June 14, 2013 - The Times Record

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in NPR
  Obama said the protests showed "there are people who want to see greater openness and greater debate and want to see greater democracy."
• Nouri al-Maliki in The Associated Press
  Those who benefit from such acts are the enemies of humanity, the enemies of democracy, the enemies of openness,Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday in Beirut, where he was paying his respects following the death of a leading...
• Muir Russell in USA Today
  Their rigor and honesty as scientists are not in doubt,concluded the third and most comprehensive investigation into the emails. "But we do find that there has been a consistent pattern of failing to display the proper degree of openness."