However, as an outspoken commentator on the Romantic giants, he found much of Beethoven " exasperating ", Wagner's influence " pernicious " and Berlioz's harmony " clumsy ".

After his playing career ended, Boycott became an often outspoken and controversial cricket commentator on both radio and television.

As she gained more fame as an outspoken and blunt commentator, her position in the Democratic Progressive Party rose and she was appointed director of the DPP Culture and Information Department.

He has written several books and been an outspoken commentator on Australian culture and the direction and role of the Labor Party.

Patrick Watson, CC ( born December 23, 1929 ) has been a prolific and outspoken Canadian broadcaster, television and radio interviewer and host, author, commentator, and television writer, producer, and director for five decades.

Siddon was successful in settling out of court after hitting outspoken radio commentator Rafe Mair with a massive defamation lawsuit in the mid 1990s.

This received generally positive reviews although outspoken New Zealand Cricket commentator Richard Whiting described the overall tone of the book as ' Mental '.

El-Sana is known for his outspoken criticism of the Israeli government, prompting one Jerusalem Post commentator to suggest recently that el-Sana be deported to Palestinian Authority controlled territory just as Abraham Lincoln deported United States Congressman Clement Vallandigham to the Confederated States of America during the American Civil War.

McGovern has been an outspoken commentator on intelligence-related issues since the late 1990s.

To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the duke of Burgundy, taking full advantage of his position on the borders of France and of the Empire, or to Othon, who found it quite natural that he should do homage to Edward for Tipperary and to the count of Savoy for Grandson, Flotte's outspoken nationalism was completely incomprehensible.

Anacharsis (; ) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken " barbarian ", apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived.

Various paranormal interpretations appeared in the popular culture, and one of the more outspoken proponents of rods as alien life forms is Jose Escamilla, who claims to have been the first to film them on March 19, 1994 at Roswell, New Mexico, while attempting to film a UFO.

Mayr was an outspoken defender of the scientific method, and one known to sharply critique science on the edge.

Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce ; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to domestic and international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

He has questioned the link between second-hand smoke and lung cancer, and has been an outspoken opponent of the mainstream scientific view on climate change ; he argues there is no evidence that increases in carbon dioxide produced by human beings is causing global warming and that the temperature of the earth has always varied.

He stopped drinking on Boxing Day 1977, having just irritated the other Pythons with an outspoken ( and drunken ) interview with the New Musical Express.

He has questioned the link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer, and has been an outspoken opponent of the mainstream scientific view on climate change.

The turning point came with the debate on the Missouri Compromise in 1820 when he broke with his friend John C. Calhoun, who became the most outspoken national leader in favor of slavery.

Kemp was also outspoken on immigration on around this time: according to Kemp's interpretation of a scientific index that he and Bennett support, " immigrants are a blessing, not a curse.

In the late 1990s, Kemp remained outspoken on political issues: he was critical of Clinton's International Monetary Fund lax policies toward South Korea.

On 4 March 1590, as a chaplain of Queen Elizabeth I, he preached before her an outspoken sermon and, in October that year, gave his introductory lecture at St Paul's, undertaking to comment on the first four chapters of the Book of Genesis.

The film focused particular attention on Idaho Senator Larry Craig, an outspoken opponent of gay rights who in 2007 pled guilty to disorderly conduct for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in a public bathroom.

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on the 27 of April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain ; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.

Marianne quickly comes to admire his good looks and outspoken views on poetry, music, art and love.

Yeats developed an obsessive infatuation with her beauty and outspoken manner, and she was to have a significant and lasting effect on his poetry and his life thereafter.

Eleanor Roosevelt, in her My Day column for October 12, 1944, eulogized Willkie as a " man of courage ... outspoken opinions on race relations were among his great contributions to the thinking of the world ... Americans tend to forget the names of the men who lost their bid for the presidency.

In the years that followed, Heyerdahl was often outspoken on issues of international peace and the environment.

Commander of the Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was outspoken in his opposition, especially after the signing of the Tripartite Pact, saying on 14 October 1940: " To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world.

Busby, an ardent and outspoken Royalist ( he had the school observe a fast-day on the anniversary of the King's beheading ), was by all accounts trying to preserve the nascent spirit of scientific inquiry that had begun to flourish in Carolean England but which was at odds with the literal Biblical teachings of the Protectorate.

In 1998 Lesh underwent a liver transplant as a result of chronic hepatitis C infection ; since then, he has become an outspoken advocate for organ donor programs and when performing regularly encourages members of the audience to become organ donors ( tracks identified as the " donor rap " on the live recordings of his various performances ).

Yorke has been outspoken on various contemporary political and social issues.

In an article discussing the careers of Indian women in various fields, the magazine Verve mentioned Kapoor's outspoken views and assertive nature as making major contributions to her career ; they " add to her superstar aura.

In the 19th century, various Anti-Confederates were strengthened in their resolve by outspoken figures such as Charles Fox Bennett who successfully championed Responsible Government's cause in an election on the confederation issue in 1869.

Due to outspoken and entertaining nature he would often get invited on various TV and radio outlets across the country.

" She was an outspoken critic of the principles of " outdoor relief " or the Speenhamland system of poor relief as operated by various Poor Law Boards.

She was an outspoken advocate of both free speech and gay rights, included in the various controversies surrounding the gay magazine The Body Politic.

" Over the next five years he became an outspoken advocate of gay and lesbian rights in the U. S., writing numerous articles and traveling the country to speak at various meetings and rallies.

One outspoken critic of public sociology was sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina, who wrote various papers against public sociology and argued that public sociology:

Known for his outspoken views on the music industry he has contributed to various publications and has spoken at Universities and conferences on the subjects of music production and the music business.

Scott especially became embroiled in legal claims through his outspoken criticism of various actors and actresses.

Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.

Newkirk is outspoken in her support of direct action, writing that no movement for social change has ever succeeded without what she calls the militarism component: " Thinkers may prepare revolutions ," she wrote of the ALF in 2004, " but bandits must carry them out.

Preston was an outspoken advocate of the artistic and social worth of erotic writings, delivering a lecture at Harvard University entitled My Life as a Pornographer.

As a highly innovative and successful businessperson, Smit has been outspoken in his views on issues such as social enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Though Lynn has been outspoken about her views on often-controversial social and political subjects, she stated, " I don't like to talk about things where you're going to get one side or the other unhappy.

The majority of the politicized population, stirred in the postwar years by outspoken newspapers, was separated from both the tribal chiefs and the Anglophile elite nearly as much as from the British by economic, social, and educational factors.

She was an invited speaker at numerous international events ( such as the joint session of the United States Congress, in June 2006 ), as well as an outspoken pundit on social issues, moral values, European historical dialogue, and democracy.

The organization responded by saying, " There ’ s nobody happier about what Andrew Sullivan is doing than Tony Perkins and James Dobson ", two social conservative leaders and outspoken critics of the LGBT community.

Chamberlain was also politically active on issues of peace and social justice, and outspoken against the Vietnam War.

King is considered an outspoken fiscal and social conservative.

He is also an outspoken social activist for the decriminalization of prostitution.

His resignation from the premiership and politics in 1979 was abrupt after collapsing due to ill health, however he would live for another 20 years, remaining a vocal and outspoken campaigner for progressive social policy.

He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues.

Heap was an outspoken MP, serving as NDP critic on immigration, and a prominent spokesperson for social justice issues both in Canada and abroad.

He is an outspoken opponent to all kinds of social constructivism and postmodern relativism.

He also became known as an outspoken opponent of capitalism, denouncing an economic system that " considers profit the key motive for economic progress, competition the maximum law of economics, and private ownership of the means of production an absolute right that carries no corresponding social obligations.

She was known for her interest in social reform and her outspoken support of her ideals, views that were shared by her husband.

Duncan-Smith is an outspoken social conservative on issues like abortion, civil partnerships and inclusive adoption reform in the United Kingdom

The Catholic Church, which at first expressed its gratitude to the armed forces for saving the country from the horrors of a " Marxist dictatorship " became, under the leadership of Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, the most outspoken critic of the regime's social and economic policies.

His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions.

Though a freshman Republican, he quickly gained a reputation as an outspoken centrist and supported much of President John F. Kennedy ’ s social agenda

She was a social reformer, an outspoken advocate of women's rights and suffrage for women, and the first woman member of the Assembly ( representative for Parktown in Johannesburg, 1933 – 1944 ).

The magazine aimed for a brash, outspoken approach to social and political issues.