Word: outspoken
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...outspoken liberal, Tribe has called for strict Senate scrutiny of judical nominees, and he played a prominent role in defeating conservative jurist Robert H. Bork's bid to the Supreme Court during the Reagan administration...
...time Sharpton reaches the Court on Saturday, Bush will be long gone. But the Reverend Al knows he's hard to ignore. In addition to his outspoken comments on the airwaves, Sharpton intends to voice his cause in federal court. He has already filed numerous suits against voter disenfranchisement throughout the country, he says. "We want to say to Mr. Bush that the battle is not over; it has just begun...
Lynne Cheney has never cared for the niceties of politics. Brash, outspoken and proud of her prickly intelligence, she has written five books, co-hosted CNN's Crossfire, chaired the National Endowment for the Humanities and consistently enraged liberals with her conservative views on feminism, education and political correctness. So it's only natural that the wife of Vice President-elect Dick Cheney is again breaking into new territory and raising some eyebrows. After a temporary leave of absence from her career during the campaign, Cheney last week announced that she will do what no presidential or vice-presidential spouse...
...answer, alas, is celebrity. Winterson is an infamous creature, obsessed with her own ability to shock the British literary world. Her childhood (which was spent in a Pentecostal home where the bible was taken quite literally) and her sexuality (she is an outspoken lesbian who has publicly outed many-a-closeted female of the publishing world) make her an intriguing oddball for the British gossip magazines...
...Howard Shaffer of the Division on Addictions, who delivered a brief dedication to Zinberg, termed Frank an "outspoken, honest and intellectually gifted politician...