| It was left to human-rights and press-freedom groups to make the bluntest criticisms of the closure. Like Venezuela's other private television channels, RCTV was not without blemish. |
| It was the bluntest challenge yet by an increasingly activist court and its assertive chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to the civilian government. The ruling will not be the end of the matter. |
| China's leaders have only the bluntest tools at their disposal and limited room for manoeuvre. |
| Mike Rounds, of South Dakota, made the bluntest speech. |
| This is the bluntest description of what the graft probe has revealed so far. |
| The bluntest criticism of Morgan's failure came from the bank's own chief executive, Jamie Dimon. |
