Word: outspoken
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Burns also alleged that his outspoken activities as a member of the Cambridge Patrolmen's Association, the city's police union, hurt his chances for promotion...
...shift in CCA emphasis, including its outspoken support for rent control, caused the group to split and many members to become disenchanted. For example, Edward Crane's son, Councilor Kevin P. Crane '73, has never sought CCA endorsement, and ran instead as an Independent...
This magic pill theory has long been popular in the running community, particularly among middle-aged males, a group that is at especially high coronary risk. The theory's most outspoken advocate is Dr. Thomas Bassler, an Inglewood, Calif., pathologist. Dr. William C. Roberts, chief of the pathology branch of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and Colleague Bruce Waller have provided clinical evidence that Bassler is wrong. They studied the cases of five middle-aged men, 40 to 53, who died while running, including Maryland Congressman Goodloe Byron, a six-time Boston Marathon finisher...
...nuked to death," says Campaign Manager C. Montgomery Johnson in explanation of Ray's defeat. Indeed, Ray's outspoken advocacy of more nuclear power proved unpopular. In particular, she angered many voters by insisting on keeping open a dump at Hanford for nuclear wastes, including atomic garbage trucked in from other states. Said Ray: "There has to be some place to put it." McDermott favors expansion of nuclear power only "as a last resort," and wants to close the Hanford dump to all radioactive wastes except those from medical facilities...
...team that features Spaceman Bill Lee, outspoken Ron LeFlore, gutsy Gary Carter and the enigmatic Ellis Valentine will be an interesting assemblage. Any team managed by the inimitable Dick Williams, matched only by Billy Martin in the ranks of contentious skippers, will surely have a certain joie de vivre...