Word: outspoken
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...kept getting ruled out. Texas Senator John Tower campaigned for the job, but Reagan wanted him in stead to be chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled Senate. John Connally pushed to become either Secretary of State or Defense, but the Reaganauts balked at the outspoken and controversial Texan. Says one: "There are just too many problems with John, and he brings with him no political benefits...
...resources for rapidly deploying rescue teams to the mountain hamlets. The necessary soldiers, firemen, medical supplies and heavy equipment had to be trucked in from military bases hundreds of miles to the north. "Beyond question, there have been serious official shortcomings," President Sandro Pertini charged during a grim, surprisingly outspoken address on television at midweek. "Those guilty of these failures must be made...
...activists, breeding a sort of paranoia. The evidence shows that concern on the part of union leaders is not unfounded. Consider the case of Sherman Holcombe, a dining hall shop steward suspended in 1977 for cooking cauliflower au gratin too long--during a period when he had become particularly outspoken about Harvard's treatment of its workers. Or the case oy Alan Balsam, a dining hall chief shop steward suspended for cooking hamburgers too long--in the middle of a particularly feisty round of contract negotiations. Even if persecuted union leaders take the University to court, their cases tend...
Although she did quite well, Rogers was ostracized by her teammates for her outspoken emphasis on team spirit and unity instead of personal victory. After four years of increasingly poor times, resulting from repeated disappointments and disillusionments, Rogers came to Harvard intending never to run competitively again...
City Manager James L. Sullivan, an outspoken foe of the question, predicted last night that Proposition 2 1/2 will cut about one-third of Cambridge's budget--about $44 million. "I will use every bit of influence I have in the legislature to ensure that Cambridge and cities aren't destroyed," he added...