Word: outspoken
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...outspoken governor's comments touched on everything from the Kennedy assassination to his troubles with the press to his agenda for Minnesota...
...shouldn't they? It's not as if Ventura pulled off a political bait-and-switch last November. Minnesotans who voted for Ventura knew they were electing a controversial, outspoken man liable to say things that would annoy or offend large segments of the population. Indeed, for many this was precisely the reason to vote for Ventura: he was the anti-politician, speaking his mind without first taking a poll, pulling no punches. A vote for Ventura was a vote against politics-as-usual, as epitomized by Bill Clinton...
...survived"). He lashes out at Jews as too influential (using the kind of rhetoric that led fellow Catholic conservative William Buckley to conclude, in a 1991 National Review article, that Buchanan was an anti-Semite). But he also argues that Greek-Americans, African-Americans and other "hyphenates" are too outspoken on foreign policy--drowning out the white Anglo-Christian voices he sees as truly representative of his America. And who says there are no new ideas in presidential politics? Buchanan lambastes Armenian-Americans for securing too much U.S. aid for the tiny Republic of Armenia...
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, Kenan professor of government, has been enjoying some unaccustomed good publicity lately. A picture of Mansfield, over the caption "Prince of the Conservatives," graces the cover of the current issue of Harvard Magazine. The New York Times is writing a profile of the outspoken professor, who over the years has been repeatedly vilified by students and fellow Faculty members for his views on everything from homosexuality to grade inflation. Cultural conservatism, it would seem, is suddenly en vogue at Harvard...
Since their appointment as Masters by then-Harvard President Derek C. Bok in 1991, Mitchell and Forsgard have been amongst the most outspoken opponents of randomization, arguing instead for students' responsibility over their decisions...