Word: outspoken
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...point, a juror gave the accused a broad wink. It was a good tipoff. After 1 hr. 29 min. of deliberation, the jury reached its verdict: "Not guilty." Not that anyone had expected differently in "bloody Lowndes," as Negroes call the county. Nonetheless, Attorney General Flowers, a courageous, outspoken antisegregationist whose own life was threatened during the trial, denounced the verdict as an outrage. Said he: "Now those who feel they have a license to kill, maim and destroy have been issued that license...
Since he is only 44, Bullitt's resignation will come as a surprise to most people. He has been an outspoken advocate or the House system as a means of maintaining communication among Faculty, students, and administration. But he has often complained that the Houses may be too large...
Died. Clarence James Brown, 72, outsized (257 Ibs.) and outspoken Old Guard Republican Congressman and top G.O.P. member of the Rules Committee, who at 26 started out as Ohio's Lieutenant Governor, went on to Capitol Hill in 1939 where he waged a desk-thumping campaign against Big Government from the New Deal through the Great Society; of uremia; in Bethesda...
...month) voted to ask the BRA to halt further evictions until the Legislature acts on Senator Cohen's bill. "They certainly don't want to appear to be lined up against the people," commented Coben, who noted that this was one of the few measures Councilor Katherine Kraven, an outspoken renewal foe, has ever gotten through the Council. (The bill has already been approved by the Senate Rules Committee and will go before the House Rules Committee Tuesday morning. A favorable vote is expected...
...Patil, 63, outspoken leader of the party's right wing and the man in control of wealthy Bombay, which supplies two-thirds of the party's finances. - Atulya Ghosh, 59, cigar-chomping boss of eastern India...