Sentences with phrase «gadfly known»
Basil is the consummate guy's guy: a commitment - phobe gadfly known for a double - edged magnetism that has the ability to thrill — and wound.
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Bernie Sanders is a gadfly no more.
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I don't know whether Ellis is a prophet or a Socratic gadfly — perhaps the two roles aren't mutually exclusive — but I am deeply impressed by his courage and decency.
We know what senior Conservatives think of them - from Michael Howard's «cranks and gadflies» and David Cameron's infamous «fruitcakes and closet racists» to Ken Clarke's disastrous «clowns» comment on the eve of the local elections.
The gadfly's efforts were sparked by recent trial testimony, in which the star prosecution witness told Newark federal jurors that Christie knew about the politically - vindictive lane closings and did nothing to stop them.
A gadfly who won only 5 percent of the vote in a State Senate race last year, Mr. Philpotts stunned the Democratic establishment on March 1 when the county committee in the Crown Heights - based Assembly district selected him over several better - known candidates to run as a Democrat.
Hameroff is best known for serving as a kind of gadfly in the fields of neuroscience and philosophy.
We've been known for ages as education gadflies, and we still find plenty to fault when it comes to policy and practice in the United States.
The gruesome act and Alig's subsequent imprisonment bookends what is really more of a fascinating memoir by St. James, an Alig friend / foe and well - known gadfly on the city's predominately...
It's quite possible they may simply be contrarians or gadflies who enjoy stirring up a discussion with claims to know silly «facts».
More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari presents Baldessari as storyteller, moralist, teacher and occasional gadfly, always concerned to accomplish what he describes as the central task of art making: to communicate in a way that people can understand.
«At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into the proceeding, a longtime and well - known Apple shareholder — some would say gadfly — who introduced himself as Sheldon, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore's re-election to the boa...
Chicago gadfly Sherman Skolnick, known widely for conspiracy theories and pro se lawsuits, had charged that two members of the Illinois Supreme Court took bribes from a Chicago lawyer and Democratic Party insider named Ted Isaacs.