Word: outspoken
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...object to life in Russia. So it seemed only logical for Nikita to deal with the intellectual critics of his own regime by locking them up not in harsh prisons-but in lunatic asylums. As men in white coats largely replaced the policemen, hundreds of writers, artists and other outspoken objectors to Communism vanished from the Moscow scene, to reappear in psychiatric hospitals as "mental cases...
...Vellucci is also one of the most outspoken councillors, and at first it seems hard to reconcile his influence with the number of people and causes he has publicly attacked...
Married. Paul-Henri Spaak, 66, Belgium's outspoken Socialist Foreign Minister and former NATO Secretary-General; and Simonne Rikkers Hottlet Dear, 56, an Antwerp-born divorcee and longtime friend; he for the second time (his first wife, an invalid for many years, died last August), she for the third; at Eze, on the French Riviera...
...days of official talks. Things went surprisingly well, though a mismatch of menus laid canard Rouen on Guest Harold Wilson's plate for both lunch and dinner one day, first at the Elysée and then at the Quai d'Orsay. Unruffled, Wilson declared the conversations "outspoken, robust and constructive," and a smiling De Gaulle let it be known on his part that he had been considerably impressed with Wilson's intellect...
Wilson was outspoken about Britain's determination to defend the pound, and bluntly said that anybody who thought his upcoming budget message would announce devaluation was a "nut case." Inevitably there was robust disagreement on Viet Nam. Wilson, despite thunder on his left in Parliament for instant negotiations, is adamant about supporting Washington's Southeast Asian policy, while De Gaulle wants negotiations as soon as possible. As a result, explained Wilson afterwards, "we did not waste a lot of time arguing about it." The Common Market got even shorter shrift, since Wilson and the Labor Party want...