Word: outspokenness
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...million, a newly-discovered dinosaur was named “Crichton’s ankylosaur” in his honor.Crichton also created the Emmy Award-winning medical drama series “ER” and wrote and directed several films.Despite his popular appeal, Crichton courted controversy through his outspoken skepticism of the existence of climate change, as evinced in his lectures and his 2004 novel “State of Fear.”Ever the inquisitive student, Crichton said in a 2004 interview, “I’m very uncomfortable just accepting. There?...
...Santiago Vasconcelos had been, over the past decade, one of Mexico's most outspoken and active figures in the fight against drug cartels. He narrowly escaped assassination in January, when federal police arrested in a Mexico City house five hitmen who had allegedly been contracted to kill him. He had held a series of top positions in the federal Attorney General's office but stepped down in August, citing personal reasons...
...movie (with reaction shots of adoring fans, including one woman holding a "Hug me, Michael" sign) and Triumph of the Will (the central figure lands in a city, meets the locals, attends a rally with guest speakers, then wows the crowd himself). Among the guests are Celeste Zappala, the outspoken mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, and a cadre of antiwar diplomats. At some venues, famous musicians are on hand: Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, Steve Earle and Tom Morello, ex of Rage Against the Machine...
Both speakers emphasized their respective candidates’ commitment to the security and welfare of Israel. Healy criticized Obama’s willingness to meet directly with an outspoken enemy of the U.S. ally...
...photos of outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban here...