Word: talker
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...almost impossible to remain perfectly consistent and ideologically pure under the watchful gaze of the media - especially in an age when conflicting statements are just a click on YouTube away. But Sarkozy's slipperiness is notable because his political success has been built around his reputation as a straight talker and someone who acts rather than bloviates. Now many voters - and even some of his former allies - are questioning the President they thought they knew. "This is classic Sarkozy: claiming [that] adaptable principles and a willingness to take any stand likely to reinforce his own political interests are in fact...
Through Harvard’s Undergraduate Teacher Education Program, Lam will be certified to teach high school upon graduating. “I’ve always been a talker and a nerd and teaching combines that,” she says. But before diving into the world of education, Lam will pursue master’s degrees in comparative and international education and comparative social policy at Oxford next fall as a Rhodes Scholar...
...Iran is another newcomer to APT6, represented by veteran artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian and Tehran-based Farhad Moshiri, whose work Mobile Talker, in which an image of a young woman talking on the phone is picked out with cake decorations, seems to offer a wry comment on the country's modern mores. Rather more confronting is Line of Control, a huge sculpture of metal utensils forming the shape of a mushroom cloud, by Indian artist Subodh Gupta. Something to ponder over the washbasin, perhaps. See qag.qld.gov.au for more...
...Lula enjoys considerable respect internationally, and the incorrigible talker believes problems can be resolved through dialogue. Before Ahmadinejad arrived, Lula pointedly declared, "It is important that someone sits down with Iran, talks with Iran and tries to establish a balance so we can get back to a kind of normality in the Middle East...
...Feinberg is a close talker. Feinberg, a lawyer who in June was named the Treasury Department's special master for executive compensation, starts his sentences about 18 inches from your face and, with a thick Boston accent, leans in to make his point...