Word: outspoken
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...gods have trumped Rosie O'Donnell: she's announced her resignation from The View, citing a contract dispute with ABC. Vocal O'Donnell basher Donald Trump, with whom the outspoken comedian has conducted a colorful public feud, shared a different theory with FOX NEWS: "Barbara [Walters] is the happiest person in the world that Rosie's been fired." SCORE...
...contextualizing the problem within a broader context,” Bhabha said. Soyinka, who won the Nobel Prize in 1986, is primarily considered a playwright, though his novels and poetry collections have also garnered critical acclaim. Soyinka, originally from western Nigeria, is also known for his political activism, including outspoken criticism of dictatorships in Nigeria and worldwide. Fletcher University Professor Henry L. Gates, Jr., director of the Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, called Soyinka “Africa’s most eloquent voice for freedom and dignity.” The event was co-sponsored...
...Twenty years on, Toufeili has evolved into one of the most outspoken - and unlikeliest - critics of Hizballah and its sponsors in Tehran, accusing both of corruption and of selling out the ideals of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "Hizballah is no longer a real liberation force but just a tool for Iranian interests. Hizballah has become a very bad and corrupt organization," he said in an interview with TIME...
Frank—a Democrat representing Massachusetts’ 4th congressional district since 1981 and an outspoken supporter of Israel—spoke at “The Future of The Middle East: Israel, Iran, and The War on Terror,” an event organized by Harvard Students for Israel and the Harvard College Democrats...
...pacifist constitution, the country has taken a turn to the right, and political intimidation by fringe rightist groups isn't unknown. In August the house of senior legislator Koichi Kato was burned to the ground in an arson attack, in what was taken as a warning against Kato's outspoken liberal views. It remains to be seen whether Itoh's shooting was another political warning, or just a personal grudge...