Word: outspoken
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...Although he has kept a relatively low profile in order to fit in with his teammates, Ishii has a somewhat zany personality, which has made him a regular guest on comedy and variety shows on Japanese television. In his homeland he has even been called the Asian version of outspoken NBA-great Charles Barkley. While he hasn't been nearly that outrageous in the U.S., Ishii has a temperament that is better suited to being the center of attention than those of players like Nomo and Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki. Ishii is far more comfortable with the media, perhaps...
...There were a few outspoken students against me in the Holden Choirs, and along with [Marvin], they were able to convince the administration that it would be better that I don’t conduct them anymore,” she said...
...last year, female parliamentarian Khem Chamroeun pointed her finger around the National Assembly and declared that some of her fellow lawmakers were known to patronize underage prostitutes. No one contradicted her. "A man going to a brothel is the same as going for a beer," says Mu Sochua, the outspoken Minister of Women's Affairs...
Currently, elections are supervised by the bipartisan Federal Elections Commission (FEC). It is comprised of three Republicans and three Democrats who are chosen by congressional leaders. Among these six, two (Commissioners Bradley Smith and David Mason) are outspoken opponents of campaign finance reform. This fact raises the question of whether the commission will even enforce the new laws. But the bigger problem is that the FEC keeps third party candidates out of elections. To provide unbiased oversight, the federal government must disband the commission and replace it with an independent commission. This change would take the politics out of supervising...
...prices fell six percent the Friday before last on the news that Hugo Chávez, the outspoken and charismatic leader of Venezuela, had been deposed in a military coup. However, political instability in the world’s fourth-largest oil producer might be expected to decrease the flow of oil and cause prices to rise. Indeed, politically motivated strikes have hurt oil production in Venezuela, South America’s only member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the past few months. One of the major factors in Chávez?...