Word: outspoken
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...Having been outspoken about politics in the past, Affleck is even a little gun-shy on that topic. He's not prepared to say if he will campaign in the next elections, as he did in 2004. He's not prepared to say which candidates have approached him. After our interview, he relents and lets it be known that he will vote for Barack Obama in the California primary and Hillary Clinton if she's the nominee. (Well, there's a shock.) "I think there is a limited role for actors in politics," he says, "or at least for this...
...hope to make a connection,” says Pollitt, who appeared at the Harvard Book Store on Monday. Pollitt hopes to reach out not only to her female readers, but also to men who might be less familiar with her work. But Pollitt also accepts that her outspoken feminism has caused some, including The New York Times, to respond less than enthusiastically. “The discussion about the book is more about me, not about the book. I think people are responding to who wrote the book. That is not how you read a book. You read...
...First Ladies and Laddies Political spouses are very important [Sept. 24]. The American voter is looking for a candidate whose significant other is intelligent, compassionate and, most important, an asset to the U.S. We don't want a President's spouse to be outspoken, domineering or suffering from Leona Helmsley syndrome - an inflated sense of superiority. Judith Giuliani is a classic example. If Rudy is the Republican nominee, she will be a deficit to him. Elizabeth Edwards and Michelle Obama mean well for their husbands but probably would not be so outspoken if it were a closer race. Everyone knows...
Political spouses are very important [Sept.24]. The American voter is looking for a candidate whose significant other is intelligent, compassionate and, most important, an asset to the U.S. We don't want a President's spouse to be outspoken, domineering or suffering from Leona Helmsley syndrome - an inflated sense of superiority. Judith Giuliani is a classic example. If Rudy is the Republican nominee, she will be a deficit to him. Elizabeth Edwards and Michelle Obama mean well for their husbands but probably would not be so outspoken if it were a closer race. Everyone knows Bill Clinton - and either loves...
...First Ladies and Laddies Political spouses are very important [Sept. 24]. The American voter is looking for a candidate whose significant other is intelligent, compassionate and, most important, an asset to the U.S. We don't want a President's spouse to be outspoken, domineering or suffering from Leona Helmsley syndrome - an inflated sense of superiority. Judith Giuliani is a classic example. If Rudy is the Republican nominee, she will be a deficit for him. Elizabeth Edwards and Michelle Obama mean well for their husbands but probably would not be so outspoken if it were a closer race. Everyone knows...