Word: outspokenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Polish leader's efforts to thaw relations with the West had suffered a serious setback. West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had postponed a visit to Warsaw, largely because Polish officials told him it would be inappropriate to visit the grave of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, an outspoken supporter of the banned Solidarity trade union who was abducted and killed in October. The Jaruzelski government has been hurt by revelations that at least four secret-police officers were involved in the murder. The "Jablonna V" International Meeting of Journalists provided a timely opportunity for Jaruzelski to revive his efforts...
...Reagan's outspoken pro-handgun stance and his support of the NRA seem an ironic turning of the other cheek, but the constitutional freedoms he invokes have hit home with voters, spelling major setbacks for advocates of gun control. If it was bleak for these activists after the 1980 conservative landslide, is it defeat after 1984's instant replay? Perhaps not, for two reasons. First, Reagan's short "coattails" did not produce a conservative sweep in the congressional races. Secondly, the repercussions of the victory have jolted handgun control activists into the daring shift toward local politics, a change that...
...bishops turned for advice to outside consultants and a four-member staff. Monsignor George Higgins, a lecturer in theology at Catholic University of America and an outspoken social activist, helped shape the group's position on labor. Staff Member Thomas Quigley, a lay specialist in Latin American affairs, played a role in the international section of the letter. Insiders say, however, that no single person was responsible for the document's overall tone or content...
Among the most outspoken were Providence College Coach Bill Doyle and Yale Coach Steve Griggs, both of whose teams were passed over in favor of the Crimson, and both of whom decried the reasoning used by the NCAA selection committee, calling it unfair and referring to the Crimson as "a bunch of foreigners...
Thousands of Poles waited in long lines last week to file past the wreath-banked grave of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, 37, the outspoken Solidarity supporter who was murdered by the secret police. Church officials who viewed the martyred priest's body reported that he had been savagely beaten. A rope had been tied around his neck, wrists and ankles so that he would strangle himself if he struggled to get free. Three fingers of Popieluszko's left hand were sliced through to the bone, and there were deep gouges on his arms. His lungs contained enough water...