Word: outspokenness
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...Republican senator from Oregon had long been considered one of feminism's best friends on the Hill, certainly on the Republican side. He has consistently appointed women to top jobs--for the last fifteen years his chief of staff has been a woman--and has been an outspoken advocate of a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices...
...some are more moderate opponents who want to slow down economic change. Some are acting under the wings of the parliament. Some are regrouping in the provinces, in old trade unions and local government councils. Some are in the government itself, like conservative Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, or the outspoken parliamentarian Ruslan Khasbulatov, who was elected speaker as Yeltsin's ally but now spearheads the charge to reduce the power of the presidency. So far, none has emerged as an alternative center of power, but together they act as a substantial drag on the parlous progress of reform...
High-powered lawyer, Children's Defense Fund board member, outspoken lefty. Unlike some previous White House women, she's got a mind and a mouth of her own, and she's not afraid to use either...
...people who are most outspoken in mysections are freshmen," said Elizabeth M. Bucar...
Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., an outspoken conservative on a primarily liberal faculty, launched the controversy at the monthly meeting when he questioned the University's right to involve itself in the ROTC debate...