Sentences with phrase «as outspoken»

He is seen as an outspoken figure at Facebook, the outlet reported, known for being blunt.

While congressional Democrats were quick to support the march, which comes in the wake of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, Republican congressional leaders have not been as outspoken.

Congressman Ted Deutch started the year as an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, denouncing the new president's ban on travelers from seven predominately Muslim countries as unconstitutional and un-American.

He isn't as outspoken as Ezio; he has a moral compass that is continually tested, but remains true.

As an outspoken critic of government, we have to agree with the word «troubling» here because the law could weaken our ability to criticize those in positions of power.

Even in law school, they struck me as outspoken, articulate, and, not infrequently, argumentative.

As an outspoken fan of cocktail umbrellas, I struggle in seeing how the beerbrella meets the «new and useful» and «non-obvious» standards required for a patent.

Whether he's taking on climate skeptics or vouching for a cap - and - dividend system, Hansen is as outspoken a scientist as they come.

Since leaving Tyndall — and as we found out in a telephone interview — he has come out of the climate change closet as an outspoken critic of such sacred cows as the UN's IPCC, the «consensus», the over-emphasis on scientific evidence in political debates about climate change, and to defend the rights of so - called «deniers» to contribute to those debates...

The Western Fuels Association co-op members were small and besieged by national news stories that gave only the crisis side of the climate change issue and desperately needed a national campaign with professional support from reputable academics with long track records as outspoken skeptics.

I will borrow and adapt — for our current time and place — the words of Martin Niemöller, a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps:

Resolution introduced on June 28 to reaffirm the United States» position both as a leader in whale conservation and as an outspoken opponent of commercial whaling [PDF]

Martin Niemöller (1892 — 1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.

Despite the fact that his art remains in huge demand across the world, he continues to be better known as an outspoken critic of the Chinese authorities, especially following his illegal detention in 2011 and a subsequent, much - publicised tax case.

The beginnings of street photography in the United States can also be linked to those of jazz, both emerging as outspoken depictions of everyday life.

I think I am viewed first and foremost as an outspoken person of color, and then as a person who is something of an interloper in the world of art, since I did not go to art school, and I write criticism and have an academic background,» Fusco writes in ARTnews

As an outspoken advocate for animals, she's covered everything from paws to hooves, fins to feathers.

This excellent photo - biography portrays Wells as an outspoken journalist who never compromised and who attacked blacks and whites with equal fervor at any sign of accommodation to racial inequity.

As an outspoken advocate on education, she hopes to bring fresh perspective and thought leadership through her work as a board member of a public charter school and as a spokesperson for statewide public school funding campaigns.

As the head of Ofsted, Sir Michael was known as an outspoken figure in education debates, often clashing with ministers.

A recent public opinion poll conducted in Bridgeport included questions about Malloy, Mayor Bill Finch, Paul Vallas, members of the Working Family Party who serve as the outspoken minority on the Bridgeport Board of Education and Carmen Lopez, the former Connecticut superior court judge who brought the lawsuit that determined that Paul Vallas lacked the credentials necessary to serve as a superintendent of schools in Connecticut.

Although Rhee was often favorably profiled in the national media as an outspoken reformer, her aggressive approach became an issue in the campaign for mayor, and she resigned after her ally, Mayor Adrian Fenty, was defeated in the Democratic primary in September.

David Krumholtz («Numb3rs») stars as an outspoken older Jewish lady who sets out to spend the fortune her dead husband left behind.

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#BLL2»: The 42 - year - old Oscar winner will return as outspoken housewife Madeline Martha Mackenzie alongside two - time Oscar nominee Laura Dern's anti- bullying crusader Renata Klein (pictured March 19)

Others who were alive in the «50s and «60s will remember her as an outspoken social activist and intellectual who rubbed shoulders with James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte and others changing the course of race relations in America.

Octavia Spencer gets the role of her life as outspoken Minny Jackson.

im very outgoing as well as outspoken i love surprises.

have my own car own place, umm most would describe me as outspoken i speak my mind im very fiesty...

The five - term congresswoman was best known, according to a CNN report, as an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and was the only representative from the Ohio delegation who voted against the war.

In September 2014, for example, Muhammad Shakil Auj, who was the dean of Islamic studies at the University of Karachi in Pakistan and was seen as an outspoken and progressive academic, «was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen... while en route to a reception that was to be given in his honor,» the report says.

He is known as a hyperactive overachiever and thought of as an outspoken, master debater.

Mr. Levy, who has developed a reputation as an outspoken fiscal conservative during his two terms as the Suffolk executive, declared himself the only candidate with enough independence to take on interest groups and labor unions, which he blamed for the state's soaring deficits.

He'll be missed next year as the outspoken leader of the county supervisors» association.

Schneiderman, a Democrat, also served as an outspoken opponent of the Trump administration, criticizing its cancellation of DACA and threatening to sue the federal government over its attempts to repeal Obamacare.

In 1996, she became executive director of the Anti-Violence Project, making a name for herself citywide as an outspoken, often strident advocate for gay and lesbian victims of violence and police abuse.

He was succeeded by Boris Johnson in 2008 and has a reputation as an outspoken and independent figure situated on the Labour party's hard left.

As an outspoken Ranking Member, Mr. Hammond was seen by many as a natural future Energy Minister in the event of Nana Addo's victory at the 2016 polls.

The millionaire businessman — the richest in Cabinet — started political life as an outspoken Eurosceptic, only to desert to the Remain camp and its discredited Project Fear.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has made headlines recently as an outspoken member of the Tea Party who opposed immigration reform and Hurricane Sandy aid.

The latest parlay into politics comes as the outspoken union president is under federal investigation for allegedly receiving kickbacks from firms that do business with the labor union.

In her 10 years in the City Council, Tish James has established a reputation as an outspoken crusader unafraid of seemingly lopsided battles.

After casting his ballot at his Mount Kisco polling place, Cuomo said «angry taxpayers» who have the highest property tax bills in the country are passionate about his leadership, even if they aren't as outspoken as liberals who protest on issues like the environment and socioeconomic justice.

Marlow has been a central figure in both controversies and has emerged as an outspoken critic of the current community board leadership.

While congressional Democrats were quick to support the march, which comes in the wake of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, Republican congressional leaders have not been as outspoken.

The governor has not been quite as outspoken a critic of the Queens - born real estate mogul turned presidential candidate as some of his Democratic colleagues in the state, but he was nonetheless not surprised to wind up in Trump's crosshairs.

While his corruption may have overshadowed his 31 - year state Assembly career, former colleagues of disgraced Richmond Hill Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio chose to remember him as an outspoken man who delivered for his constituents.

Our Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, was serving on that committee as an outspoken advocate for consumers, until last night when he was forced off of it.

Having been on the receiving end of some of Paladino's less - pleasant tirades, and given his history as an outspoken critic of a whole host of things and people that piss him off royaly, I don't think it's going too far out on a limb to say that this tour will be well worth the price of admission.

With a vaunted email «boom list» of 50,000 conservatives, he quickly carved out a perch for himself as an outspoken anti-establishment gadfly.