firebrand
തീപ്പൊരി
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a political firebrand
a person who is passionate about a particular cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action.
In any case, it took a long time and a large number of men equipped with axes, swords, and firebrands to do such extensive damage that a whole community suffered economically.
a piece of burning wood.
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a political 'firebrand'
a political 'firebrand'
It's a feature of modern politics for some 'firebrand' to declare that they're going to go into elected office and ‘clean things up’.
As Vermont governor, the liberal 'firebrand' was a fiscal conservative with close ties to business
His followers see in him a populist hero, but more than anything else he resembles a postmodern version of William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic 'firebrand' whose demagoguery derailed the People's Party in 1896.
But if everything goes to plan, it will be fourth time lucky for the former union 'firebrand' who has pulled off a remarkable political and personal transformation.
As is befitting of a 46-year-old, he looks more like a greying chartered accountant than a radical 'firebrand' .
After a period as a youthful 'firebrand' in the Radical Party, he joined the Greens.
He tied 'firebrands' to the tails of 300 foxes to scare away his enemies.
Though by no means revolutionary 'firebrands' , all rebel against the older generation.
Shadows flicked and he could hear the soft crackle of 'firebrands' set into the walls around him, their soft light illuminating the brickwork and tapestries of the room.
Armoured figures started to head for the bridge, swords and 'firebrands' ready.
That's what thrust him and his classmates into the intersection of law and education with all of the zeal of 'firebrands' .
I ride the political coattails of the lobbyists and the 'firebrands' .
There were activist 'firebrands' getting into loud political conversations with people who just wanted to belt back drinks with parasols in them.
His late grandfather, George, and his late father, Andreas, were both populist Socialist 'firebrands' who became prime ministers.
Its faculty and students included many antislavery 'firebrands' , and a series of public lyceum debates soon gave Lane such a reputation as a hotbed of activism that in 1834 the trustees forbade further discussion of the matter.
When it comes to reducing vegetative fuel hazards, flame lengths and 'firebrands' are the greatest concern.
Faculty senate presidents, if I may say so myself, tend to be a responsible lot of leadership types, not 'firebrands' , malcontents, or radicals.
Again, that is the sort of suggestion that I think some of the 'firebrands' are putting out in public.
In any case, it took a long time and a large number of men equipped with axes, swords, and 'firebrands' to do such extensive damage that a whole community suffered economically.
If Franklin had lucked into a royal audience, might he have persuaded the King to ignore 'firebrands' like Wilkes and do the right thing by America?
Amongst our current crop of careerist politicians, we simply don't have enough 'firebrands' with a passionate commitment to pursuing genuine social change.
There's no sympathy for the 'firebrands' because they did succeed, they did change the world, and when the culture concedes a little there's so much less to be angry about.
One of the main themes which ran through the interview was a sense of pragmatism which one does not always associate with the poplar perception of left wing 'firebrands' .
Come back tomorrow for how the 'firebrands' of those revolutionary times saw the young Comrade Bob and how they strove to place him in the pantheon with Lenin and Lennon.
Apart from anything else, it showed how superior they were to other nations, in being both generous and also resilient enough to be able to tolerate these 'firebrands' among them.
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