Word: talker
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...People Power revolution. In a starched barong tagalog and with an extraordinary baritone, Blas vainly lobbied Capitol Hill that Marcos wasn't all that bad. One day, he admitted to the press what he shouldn't have: that the Philippines under Marcos was in an "interregnum." Blas, a big talker and determined erudite, loved that word...
...favorite suite at a New York City hotel, Nicholson sits in an armchair and drinks coffee and smokes Camel Lights. After a weekend of interviews, his lilting, comforting-yet-unnerving voice is shot to the point that it's just a husky growl, but Nicholson is a talker, and when he wants to talk, by God, he's going to talk...
...Vermonter got to where he is today by being a rebel, a straight talker. He revolutionized campaigning online, reaching new voters through blogs and meetup groups. Union endorsements and campaign coffers stuffed to the brim don?t fit the image. The last thing he wants to do is turn off his most loyal supporters by letting them think he?s just another politician. So instead of holding a focus group to find out whether his fans will stomach his opting out of federal financing, he?s taking the question directly to the masses. As John McCain?s 2000 strategist Mike...
...course, many successful leaders are not nice guys--your boss, perhaps. But Jayson Blair turned Raines' leadership into a national issue. That Blair, a smooth talker who ingratiated himself with Raines and Boyd, went so long uncaught despite warnings about his sloppy work was blamed on Raines' playing favorites and his unwillingness to listen to others. "This was very quickly not about Jayson Blair," says a Times staff member, "but about Howell and the star system he created. The level of anger was just out of control...
...never been much of a talker. I got into boxing because my trainer told me that I could make lots of money and buy fleets of cars by hitting hard. So when my promoters asked me to speak out or to endorse a product, I'd just say, "I talk with my fists...