Word: outspoken
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...largest diversified insurance and financial organizations; in Chicago. Kemper, who began his career as a junior insurance clerk in his native Ohio, became manager of the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. in 1912 and built it into a worldwide conglomerate with assets of more than $5 billion. An outspoken conservative and onetime treasurer of the Republican National Committee, Kemper was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1953 but resigned less than two years later after he was criticized for being too blunt and undiplomatic for the post...
...council chambers were undergoing repairs, the body met in the school's cafeteria, and one night, on the hour, the Spinners interrupted a discussion of industrial zoning. Walter Sullivan, the most conservative councilor, wasted no time in grabbing Saundra Graham--the only Black, the only woman, and the most outspoken radical on the body--and beginning to boogie...
...whitewash," an understandable complaint since Kuhn had effectively nullified 35 Reds' victories in the first half. Equally outraged were the Baltimore Orioles, who conceivably could finish with the best overall record in all of baseball and still miss the playoffs. Orioles' Owner Edward Bennett Williams, an outspoken critic of the way Kuhn and Owners' Representative Ray Grebey handled the strike negotiations, despaired over the playoffs debacle: "They would screw up a two-car funeral...
...committed the group to a grandiose building (estimated cost: $2 million), and his authoritarian style and outspoken emphasis on politics irritated not only conference conservatives but many local governments. After a dispute with Kenyan authorities, he resigned...
...other two newcomers, Italy's Spadolini, who had been in office only three weeks, and Japan's Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, deliberately chose to play modest roles. The erudite and usually garrulous Spadolini, like Mitterrand, was outspoken only in assailing high U.S. interest rates, which he claimed had seriously jeopardized Italy's anti-inflation drive. The reticent Suzuki skillfully avoided drawing attention to himself-and thus escaped sharp criticism of his nation's selective, restrictive import policies and its aggressive overseas selling. Canada's Deputy Prime Minister MacEachen explained the reluctance of the conferees...