Word: opinioned
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...compelling forensic evidence like a fingerprint, the authentication process becomes a bit murkier. In the past, pieces of art have been certified through a combination of factors, including brushstroke patterns, analysis of the artist's signature, dating of the pigments or canvas used or even the instinctive (but subjective) opinion of academics who have extensively studied an artist's portfolio. A painting's provenance, or its history of ownership, is also important. Being able to trace a portrait back from owner to owner over the course of centuries is no small feat, and it often lends significant weight...
...might think Blair's international cachet would be cause for British hearts to swell with pride. But some of his most bitter opponents are homegrown. Opinion polls point to a Conservative Party victory in British parliamentary elections to be held before June 2010. The Tories will campaign on a Euroskeptic platform. A high-profile, high-powered E.U. President such as Blair would surely increase the influence of Brussels; many Conservatives also feel personal animus toward the politician whose success consigned them to the wilderness for so long. "Having President Blair would put us in a state of permanent warfare...
...enduring anger over Iraq. Sometime in the coming months, a new British inquiry into the war will summon Blair to give evidence. Families of dead troops have called for him to be indicted as a war criminal. Blair's support for the U.S. on Iraq curdled public opinion outside his homeland too. François Hollande, the former first secretary of the French Socialist Party, has dismissed the idea of a Blair candidacy. The first President of Europe, he said, should be "politically autonomous from...
...dramatic move against Mexico's Light and Power monopoly divided public opinion in a nation gripped by a crippling recession. Supporters hailed the move as the pro-business President Felipe Calderón's boldest and most effective step toward modernizing the economy - and exorcising the remaining ghosts of the 71-year political monopoly of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that ended in 2000. The company and its union, they argue, were self-serving, inefficient cartels holding Mexico back. It employed too many at inflated wages, they argue, and provided a terrible service characterized by daily blackouts and power surges...
...seem to blame the media for your decision to quit as Taoiseach. Yes, they just kept after me. Even when things were getting serious with the economy, they just kept on my back. I would have [left office] this year anyway. I thought at the end public opinion would be fed up with the tribunal and fed up with me. It just goes on and on. You're asked questions like, 'Do you not remember well going into a bank on Sept. 23, 1993?' and eight hours later you're thinking 'Jesus, did I go into the bank...