Word: outspoken
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When Schirra learned that Cooper's chances for the big flight had been endangered because of his defense of Slayton, he made it clear that the slight (5 ft. 9 in., 150 Ibs.) former fighter pilot was his choice for the mission. What was more, Schirra, an outspoken man himself, threatened to take Cooper's case to the press if Cooper were ruled...
...arrests were made under a sweeping Sabotage Act steamrollered through a pliant Parliament last spring. Vowing to "tear out Communism here root and branch," Vorster, a wartime Nazi sympathizer, moved against a variety of the government's most outspoken critics. Some were ranking Reds before South Africa banned the Communist Party in 1950; some were vociferous left-wingers. Others were simply liberals, but that makes little difference to Vorster, who considers liberalism "the forerunner of Communism...
Baggs is the most individual of the bunch. He is a Southerner by birth, son of a well-to-do Atlanta Ford dealer, but his convictions know no geography. His outspoken views on the race issue have antagonized Floridians from Jacksonville to Key West. "There is nothing much but anguish," wrote Baggs in a typical News editorial, "when you feud with so many of your readers and friends. But there are times when you have no other choice. Which brings us quickly to the practice of enforced segregation in the public schools of Florida. It is wrong." His opinions pull...
...communiqué say today?" a prelate asked a reporter. "Well, perhaps that's true,'' he said, after puzzling over the reporter's reply, "but it's really misleading.'' What the communiqué did reflect clearly was Msgr. Vaillanc's outspoken attitude: "We don't need the press...
...Rickover's standards, you won't lose any ships-they'll all be perfect-but the larger question is: Will you ever get any ships?" Recognizing that the admiral has obviously got his ships, officials in the Defense Department for once tend to side with its outspoken Rickover, feel that the performance of defense contractors would improve markedly if there were stiffer penalties for shoddy work and higher rewards for jobs well done...