Word: firebrands
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Aristide came of age in the Roman Catholic Church in the 1970s, at a time when priests throughout Latin America were developing the concept of liberation theology. As a young seminarian in Haiti, however, he was known more as a biblical scholar than a firebrand. But when he returned in 1981 after studying abroad, he was nonplussed by the poverty of the Haitian people. "I had been away for some time," he said about the shock of returning, "and so my eyes were reopened to the squalor and misery." Ordained in 1982, Aristide became a liberationist and soon found himself...
...rally the following day, members of the CCR further derided the dean's attempts to restore order at the school. Third-year firebrand David Troutt redefined the limits of exaggeration and overreaction by first calling the Clark letter "Gestapolike" and then demanding the dean's resignation. Other participants criticized the administration's use of cameras and video equipment to identify protesters...
Black and Brooks, along with such kindred voices as Vince Gill, Alan Jackson and Travis, are part of a kind of neoconservative musical move back to country basics. No outlaw image or firebrand tunes for these folks. They lay down melodies with a light country swing and a tinge of melancholy. They sing bedrock sentiments about home and hearth, loneliness and heartbreak and getting done in by the big time in the big city. "I consider myself % traditional," Black says. "And I'm new, so if I had to call myself something, it would be 'new traditionalist...
Despite the flamboyance of his rhetoric, officials say McGee has committed no crimes because he is not advocating "imminent lawless action." Indeed, the sidearm he packs in a leather holster is a slingshot. But Mayor John Norquist charges that McGee's firebrand behavior is "doing more to scare jobs away from his district" than to help it. "It's one thing to try to attract investment and capital," says Norquist. "It's another to use extortion...
Farrakhan's harsh rhetoric and anti-Semitic remarks have frightened whites and obscured the impact of the Nation's work in the black community. But his firebrand approach has also won over some blacks. "He is respected in the black community for his audacity," says Howard University political science professor Ronald Walters. "Supporting Farrakhan has become a way of hitting back at the system and expressing black public opinion." Says Abdul Wazir Muhammad, minister of the Muslims' Los Angeles Mosque: "We are a barometer of the conditions and feel of the black community. If you really want to know...