Word: firebrands
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Most peculiarly, firebrand nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his faction--who usually denounce the President in flamboyant and colorful terms--suddenly became passionate supporters of the government. Zhirinovsky denied that he had been bought off but made it clear he would like a high post in the next government. From the background, Yeltsin aides put out the word that the Duma could be dissolved and a state of emergency declared if the vote went against him. When the results were announced, Chechnya gained the highest number of votes in favor of impeachment, 283--still 17 short of the two-thirds needed...
...play's only womanscorned is Brawley, who plays a seasoned rodeo-rider in "Rodeo." She is no ordinary woman scorned but a Western firebrand with an accent and a swagger who is furious at the capitalists who bought out her rodeo...
After three years on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, conservative firebrand and former Harvard Law School (HLS) professor Charles Fried may soon be returning to a full-time teaching post...
...much-praised House Committee, which performed the same task with President Nixon 24 years ago. This is highly ironic, since Rodino himself has recently declared that President Clinton?s actions do not meet the criteria of high crimes and misdemeanors. Republican disgust and frustration was everywhere. South Carolina firebrand Bob Inglis accused his guest Schlesinger ?- perhaps the most respected historian in America ?- of having "a great deal of sophistication but very little common sense." Cold comfort for committee chair Henry Hyde, then, that Monday?s Supreme Court ruling would allow him to call Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey. Hyde said...
...voters to the new North Carolina has created a political paradox. The state's electorate is becoming more Republican yet less conservative. New voters in Charlotte and Research Triangle Park tend to register Republican but still prefer fiscally responsible pragmatists--even if they sometimes happen to be Democrats--over firebrand ideologues. Faircloth, a successful hog farmer and former Democrat, scores better in the rural east, which is dominated by socially conservative white Democrats who frequently cross party lines to vote for Helms and other G.O.P. culture warriors. Black voters overwhelmingly support Democrats. The result is a state in hold-your...