Dio Chrysostom
Dio Chrysostom , d. after AD 112, Greek Sophist and orator [Chrysostom=golden-mouthed], b. Prusa (modern Bursa) in Bithynia. He lived at Rome under Emperor Domitian, who subsequently banished him. He traveled widely, finally returning to Rome in the favor of emperors Nerva and Trajan. He leaned toward the philosophy of the Cynics and Stoics. With Plutarch he shared in the revival of Greek literature in the 1st cent. Extant are 80 orations on literary, political, and philosophical subjects.
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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GADFLY DOES NOT MEAN JERK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/21/1993; 700+ words
; ...thought of the term gadfly as anything but a...columnists are professional gadflies. How a person evolves into a gadfly, as opposed to a...But some people are gadflies, I maintain, while...Rensselaer County gadfly and would-be county...
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Gadfly Records pursues originality over mainstream commercialism
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/27/2000; ; 657 words
; ...among the 82 other unique releases on the Gadfly Record label. What you won't hear on...artists. Founded in 1990 by Mitch Cantor, Gadfly Records pledges to present projects that...won't find anywhere else. Even though Gadfly is host to artists from the UK, Sweden...
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Editor's introduction: who are our contemporary gadflies?
Magazine article from: Journal of Thought; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...an intellectual gadfly, questioning many...time, have been gadflies, too. The value...Listing oneself as a gadfly, therefore, on...professors. One-sided gadflies, so it seems...friends are the real gadflies? At times, of...a horsefly and a gadfly. Consequently...
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 "Daily Mail (London)")
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Financial Mail, London, Gadfly column.
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 8/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...THEM CREDIT: One little word dear to Gadfly's heart is cashback. He saw it the...of tuppence in every pound spent with Gadfly's plastic. Alas, his application became...missed Morgan's deadline, prompting Gadfly to suggest that the investment bank should...
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Gadfly contest: make your pick: irritating? Sometimes ... but also absolutely necessary for maintaining the nation's ideological health. Insight presents 10 political protagonists we can't live without. (Nation: political personalities).
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 12/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...it may be. While the gadfly irritates, that is its...country, because the gadfly is a needed pest: one...to our first Essential Gadflies contest: "10 Gadflies...Paul Weyrich, a fellow gadfly who remains closer to...missed the Essential Gadflies list this year by a whisker...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Going global? Reach out with a Bloomburger; GADFLY.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...want. Thus the available tucker was, Gadfly hears, restricted to fish and chips...like hundreds of others booked on EUjet, Gadfly's man with the bucket and spade was...money before mercy. Sky's horror show GADFLY'S ears pricked up last week when BSkyB...
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MUSIC REVIEW: Indy label Gadfly appeals to the strange, unusual
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/5/1998; ; 621 words
; ...business. The Burlington, Vermont-based Gadfly Records was founded by Residential College...Michigan Daily, Cantor quoted one of Gadfly's more well-known artists, Graham...a formula for mainstream success, the Gadfly label has managed to grow significantly...
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Gadfly.(Humor)(Column)
Magazine article from: New Media Age; 6/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...our Mediterranean cousins this week. Gadfly too was saddened by the exit of our own...the island after a volcanic eruption. Gadfly's tip for gamblers is that the first...find a pub with the game, please let Gadfly know. theotherfinal.com What's the...
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"Gadflies" don't back down
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 8/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...what to call themselves. A gadfly, literally, is any of a variety...by describing himself as a gadfly who pestered the Athenian state...government officials don't see a gadfly as a modern-day Socrates...Other times, Biane said, gadflies are a waste of taxpayer time...
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Gadfly splits: Online goes off on its own.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 2/17/2002; 519 words
; ...niche magazine publishing and Internet company, Gadfly Media, has split with two key investors. This...McLean from Matrix Capital, have decided to buy out Gadfly's Internet division, Gadfly Online Communications, along with former Sydney...
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gadflies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
gadflies See TABNIDAE .
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gadfly
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
gadfly cattle-biting fly. XVI. f. † gad spike (- ON. gaddr ; rel. YARD2 ) + FLY1 .
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Gold, Julie
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...x2013; ; released solo CD Dreaming Loud , 1997, rereleased by Gadfly Records, 1998. Awards: Grammy Award for Song of the Year...Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573; Record company — Gadfly Records, P.O. Box 5231, Burlington, VT, 05402. Gold...
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Bondarchuk, Sergei
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Tikhon Prokoviev) 1954 It Mustn't Be Forgotten (This Must Not Be Forgotten ) (Lukov)(as Garmash) 1955 Poprigunya (The Gadfly ; The Grasshopper ) (Samsonov) (as Dr. Dymov); Neokonchennaya povest (The Unfinished Tale ; Unfinished Story ) (Ermler...
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Shostakovich, Dmitri
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Chiaureli) 1953 Belinsky (Kozintsev) 1954 Das Lied der Ströme (Songs of the Rivers ) (Ivens) 1955 Ovod (The Gadfly ) (Fainzimmer) 1956 Prostiye lyudi (Simple People ) (Kozintsev and Trauberg—produced 1945); Pervye eshelon...
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