Word: outspoken
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...interest in John Hancock. In the man who, for most, means life insurance. the skyscraper, or the hazy and not-too-interesting personage who endorsed the Constitution, Fowler sees a paradoxical politico. The dichotomous Hancock, generally acknowledged in his day as Boston's wealthiest citizen, became its most outspoken revolutionary. Fowler's examination demythifies...
...Bonn the Secretary had to mollify some outspoken critics of U.S. moves in the post-Afghanistan era. Certain West German officials had privately derided Carter's Olympic boycott as "downright dumb." Chancellor Helmut Schmidt resented not being consulted in advance about this decision. A bare two hours' notice on the day of its announcement, he observed unsmilingly, was "a little late." The West Germans also feared serious setbacks to their international trade if they followed Carter's proscriptions on commercial dealings with Moscow...
Tsongas, an outspoken supporter of what he termed "phased conditional divestiture," proposed in Senate debate last May that universities sell 20 per cent of their South Africa related investments each year, ending in complete divestiture in five years...
...Helen Caldicott, an outspoken anti-nuclear activist and member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, told the group that "nuclear war, indeed any war, is contra-indicated... Over my dead body will they draft my sons and send them off to get killed," she added as the crowd cheered...
...sometimes as late as 2 or 3 a.m., he goes home to draw in stark angularities and symbolic distractions, the suffering of the people he serves. The blatantly political message in his drawings of peasant life--which have circulated widely, in California and Mexico two years ago--and his outspoken criticism of Stroessner's human rights violations have forced him into direct confrontation with Stroessner's secret police. He has been arrested and interrogated several times, his family called in for questioning. In 1976, Filartiga paid a devastating price for his political views: His 17-year-old son Joelito died...