Word: outspokenly
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...curator certainly make strange bedfellows. For years, the foundation, one of the world's most distinguished institutions in its field, has sought to protect core journalistic values from the corporate grasp of media conglomerates. Former curator Bill Kovach, who left last summer, was much-admired for his outspoken stance against the disorienting influence of corporate control. In particular, Kovach and other distinguished critics have pointed out that such corporate influence has led to an increased fusion of entertainment, business and editorial content, as well as an increased reliance of facts gained through speculation rather than from responsible, investigative reporting...
...Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a Republican, is a notable exception. An outspoken advocate for legalizing pot, Johnson is also a tri-athlete who maintains steady popularity ratings in his state. And while most Americans probably aren?t quite ready to embrace Johnson?s platform, there are plenty of compelling arguments to be made for legalizing medicinal marijuana use. We just have to get our fingers out of our ears long enough to hear them...
MICHAEL SAYLOR, 35 Few rising stars have fallen to earth--and then started to rise again--with greater speed than cocky, outspoken Michael Saylor, co-creator of MicroStrategy, the multibillion-dollar database powerhouse he founded in 1989 to help companies manage their storehouses of computerized information. Last March Saylor, as CEO, admitted that his company had unintentionally misstated its earnings several years in a row and had actually lost money. Wall Street's reaction was swift: the stock dropped from a high of $313 to a low of $17.93 in a matter of days. But now Saylor is bounding back...
...Jews who enter public debates with the forcefulness of Jerry Falwell or Cardinal O'Connor. But Lieberman is different: His most memorable political moments, his campaign against Hollywood indecency and his condemnation of President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal, were clearly motivated by his abiding faith. Moreover, he is outspoken in identifying that faith as different from the Christian majority. The Gore-Lieberman campaign has not attempted to soft-peddle his Judaism, to put it mildly (witness the senator's endearingly lame joke about Gore's "chutzpah"). Lieberman is not an ethnic Jew or a religious Jew; he is both...
...Laura Bush would be, in many ways, a return to the traditional first lady cast: She's an outspoken advocate for literacy, a politically neutral cause that was also championed by her mother...