Word: outspoken
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...mayor, Democrat Frank Rizzo gloried in tough talk and a no-nonsense image. He relished admonishing criminals to get the hell out of town. He was outspoken and steadfast in his support of a police department that was regarded by black leaders and liberals as particularly highhanded and even brutal, especially while he had been its chief, in the patrolling of Philadelphia's black neighborhoods. When he tried to amend the city charter in 1978 so he could run for a third consecutive term, blacks registered and voted in unprecedented numbers in a successful effort to checkmate his move...
...People said I was too outspoken, "he added...
...crowd of 150 people filed the center side of Memorial last night to hear Daniel Ellsberg '52, an outspoken opponent of the nuclear arms race...
...Back in Washington the mood seemed hardly favorable to such a request. Some outspoken Congressmen feel that the U.S. should relax its longstanding support for the Salvadoran government and instead pursue power-sharing negotiations with the Marxist-led Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a course the guerrillas have long advocated. Said New York Congressman Stephen Solarz: "There's a growing concern that our policy is leading nowhere...
...stereotypical Harvard law professor. Only 34 years old, Lopez is an active advisor to the Los Angeles Chicano community on legal matters, and is outspoken in his criticism of legal education...