Word: firebrands
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...unofficial Marxist cell, and I described myself as a Communist." Frayn's widowed father, an asbestos salesman and orthodox Laborite, was not amused. He declared that higher education was rubbish and that Michael should leave school to become a sales trainee. The son, more mole than firebrand, slowly undermined that plan and found his way to Cambridge, first as an army recruit sent to learn Russian, then as a full-time student. There he discovered, and was seduced by, the very class of society that Marxism had taught him to hate: socially adept, physically graceful and intellectually poised aristocrats. Recalls...
With his slight frame and unassuming expression, Kang Lingyi, 24, hardly looks like a firebrand. But the Internet executive is at the forefront of one of the most powerful movements in China today: nationalism. Kang got his first taste of patriotic power back in 1999, when NATO forces bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Incensed by what he and other Chinese considered to be a deliberate attack, Kang joined 20,000 Chinese hackers who broke into several U.S. government websites, including that of the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Kang now runs one of several dozen patriotic websites, and he gets...
...Sunnis coming in to the political process may shun Zarqawi, but they appear to accept Baathist-led guerrilla fighters killing U.S. soldiers as part of the Sunni mainstream. Fears of full-blown sectarian warfare between Shiites and Sunnis, meanwhile, have prompted urgent mediation efforts by, among others, the firebrand Shiite maverick Moqtada Sadr. Sadr appears to be using the opportunity to regain political traction against rivals in organizations such as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which is the most influential party in the ruling coalition of prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. But Sadr's efforts...
...Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi. The former Archbishop of Munich, who for the past 23 years was Pope John Paul II's doctrinal watchdog, is being promoted by a swath of electors attracted to his traditional views, intellectual acuity and his knowledge of the Roman Curia. Once considered something of a firebrand, he is now seen by many as an ideal pick to carry out a "transitional" papacy after the 26-year reign of Wojtyla. Tomorrow is Ratzinger's birthday: He turns 78. Whether electors believe that is too old, or just old enough, remains to be seen...
...indie-rock press, much has been made of Meloy’s choice to cover songs by former Smiths frontman Morrissey during this solo tour. Meloy is nowhere near the ostentatious firebrand that Morrissey is, but he’s picked up the Moz’s mischievous sense of humor, penchant for unreliable lyrical narrators, and lack of inhibition when it comes to appearing sensitive or effeminate...