Word: provocateur
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...more pranksters who have been jabbering over the Persian Gulf maritime channels for decades and who nearly became the first nobodies to start a world war since 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Ferdinand in 1914. Critics said the standoff in the strait illustrated how a single provocateur can exploit global tensions and spark an international crisis. And they weren't thinking of the Filipino Monkey...
...could it be, given the soaring contracts of the past decade that culminated in the 10-year, $250 million deal the Texas Rangers gave to Alex Rodriguez in 2000? But it's those very same stratospheric salaries - and in particular the new deal that A-Rod and his agent-provocateur Scott Boras are reportedly seeking (how about $350 million over 10 years?) - that has much of baseball suddenly speculating about a return of the illegal practice...
...1970s and charged on in the battle to make stand-up comedy the voice of a dissenting generation. In an irony both would appreciate, DVD sets of all their HBO concerts will be released on Sept. 25. George Carlin: All My Stuff shows Carlin progress from counterculture provocateur (the seven words you can't say on TV) to curmudgeonly uncle to angry village elder railing about war and golf. Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005 rolls out the groundbreaking, brainy, improv-based style that has influenced nearly every stand-up who has followed...
...section. A single strong personality has the power to completely alter the chemistry. And if no such personality is already present, students have a responsibility to fill in and act the necessary roles until the blend seems right. If no one is speaking up, someone needs to act the provocateur. If the atmosphere is poisoned, someone needs to act the peacemaker. If people are stiff, someone needs to act the clown. There is something dishonest and contrived about this arrangement, to be sure. If students were naturally enthusiastic about the course material (and did the reading), they would have lively...
...Commencement Day, sandwiched between the august statues of James Otis and Josiah Quincy, a twenty-first century provocateur gave his final address as Harvard president...