Dr Harrison said he thought Murry may not have published Lawrence's piece because it was libellous or too outspoken.

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For a long time it was an open question whether American journalism would follow the professed objectivity of the Ochs family's newspapers or the outspoken advocacy of Hearst's.

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Such a huge floating vote is now a feature of Japanese politics, and the only way candidates feel they can catch the attention of the great undecided is to be outspoken or even outrageous.

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He's not going to be an outspoken public critic, or a critic at all of President Obama.

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It may have been planned or written before Mr Manley's outspoken remarks but, nevertheless, will answer critics without involving the Queen in the cut and thrust of Canadian party politics.

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However, it is not clear to me that she has been an outspoken advocate working hard to pull other women along with her or after her as Ms. Bartz has surely tried to do.

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He's been outspoken on the need to bring the crisis to a head, one way or another.

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But while the New Atheists may be loud, outspoken and popular reading matter among the sort of book buyers who use Amazon or read the New York Times, is there any evidence to suggest they are doing anything more than preaching to the (non-) converted?

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The success of his unusual book depends on whether or not you are prepared to indulge his flights of fancy, his whimsical asides, his outspoken views.

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