Word: outspoken
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...Burns was often outspoken and radical, as works such as "A Man's A Man For A' That" (A Man's a Man For All That) show...
...rights organizations in France and across Europe hailed the ruling for taking on one of the main kinds of discrimination homosexuals continue to face. Some conservatives, however, were equally outspoken in condemning the decision. Michèle Tabarot, a member of parliament for the ruling conservative Movement for a Popular Majority, and the president of France's Superior Council on Adoption, said "the judges are overstepping their role by going beyond what the law says, and by imposing their conception" of justice. Tabarot also noted that French rules allow singles to adopt in order to open more homes to orphans...
...results were both a surprise and a warning. "The fact that the trial showed a huge LDL reduction, and that things were still going the wrong way [in terms of plaque buildup] is stunning," says Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and an outspoken critic of the delay in the release of the study results. "This study shows that it matters how you lower cholesterol, not just how much you lower cholesterol...
...discoverer of DNA and former Harvard researcher James D. Watson has been an outspoken critic of Allston expansion...
Benazir Bhutto had long been an outspoken critic of Pakistani militants and this made her the mortal enemy of a galaxy of extremist forces inside Pakistan. "Bhutto was the only Pakistani politician willing to stand up and say, 'I don't like violent terrorists,'" says Stephen Cohen, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Many of these groups have intertwining histories and common loyalties - as well as shadowy links with Pakistani intelligence. As the probe into her assassination begins, investigators will have to sort through a morass of violent groups that were gunning for Bhutto. And while all have some historic...