rabble-rouser
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rab·ble-rous·er
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n.
a person who speaks with the intention of inflaming the emotions of a crowd of people, typically for political reasons.
DERIVATIVES:
rab·ble-rous·ing
adj. & n.
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 "Financial Management (UK)")
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Resource accounting and budgeting: a CIMA-sponsored study of RAB's impact on the devolved institutions of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales has found politicians struggling to grasp the concept.(TECHNICAL MATTERS)
Magazine article from: Financial Management (UK); 6/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...introduction of resource accounting and budgeting (RAB) as a replacement for traditional cash-based...the link between budgeting and reporting. RAB is an accruals-based system that seeks to...expenditure). The research focused on the role of RAB within the new devolved bodies. One of the...
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RUSSIA: TV-6 JOURNALIST CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN BEATEN FOR POLITICAL REASONS.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/3/2001; 111 words
; ...November. Although the Moscow police initially considered the case to be criminal, Zhandarev claimed that he was attacked for political reasons, Ekho Moskvy reported. Before he came to TV-6, Zhandarev was the anchorman of Interesting Movie on NTV. The attack on Zhandarev...
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RUSSIA: TV-6 JOURNALIST CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN BEATEN FOR POLITICAL REASONS...(Ildar Zhandarev)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/11/2001; 116 words
; ...November. Although the Moscow police initially considered the case to be criminal, Zhandarev claimed that he was attacked for political reasons, Ekho Moskvy reported. Before he came to TV-6, Zhandarev was the anchorman of Interesting Movie on NTV. The attack on Zhandarev...
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BAHRAIN: SUDAN REFUTES CLAIMS OVER ENVOY SACKING.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/29/2003; 66 words
; ...Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied that the decision to sack its ambassador to Bahrain, Salah Karar, was the result of any political reasons. Karar had said that he had been sacked and told to return home for criticizing his government in an article published...
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TURKEY: COURT REVEALS SENTENCES FOR IHD PRESIDENT MURDER CASE DEFENDENTS.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 1/3/2000; 68 words
; ...Court (DGM. Of the defendants, appearing in court for the last time to face charges of forming a gang to commit a criminal offence and conspiring to kill someone for political reasons, eleven will face a prison sentence while six were acquitted.
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GEORGIA: FATHER OF MURDERED JOURNALIST SAYS IT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.(Vakhtang Sanaya)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/7/2002; 54 words
; ...a journalist, was killed last summer, said he does not trust the investigators and is sure that his son was killed for political reasons. ( Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations CIS Weekly Report, 22-28 April) Copyright (c) 2002. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted...
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RAB urges members to remain united amidst strike threat.
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 4/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...remains that a strike could happen, the RAB said. The 1991 strike lasted 12 days. Adequate...strike, said James Berg, president of the RAB, which has met with co-ops and managing...preparedness manual can get them by calling the RAB at 212-889-4100. Co-ops can also get a preparedness...
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BELARUS: ISRAELI EMBASSY TO CLOSE.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/29/2002; 51 words
; ...embassy in the Belarus capital Minsk. The projected move by Tel Aviv was disclosed by deputy foreign minister David Peleg on Monday. The move is due to economic, not political reasons, the official said - after cuts in the ministry's budget.
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Mad about Molly. .(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 6/1/2003; ; 76 words
; ...resent that. It's precisely because we do support the troops that we are anti-war--especially when it's for such selfish, political reasons. Molly's list of her favorite signs from recent anti-war marches was great, but she missed one of my favorites: Dubya has...
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MAV to buy multi-system locomotives.(News)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 7/1/2008; 60 words
; ...locomotives, with an option for 25 additional locomotives. They will be equipped for operation on the 15kV ac, 25kV ac and 3kV dc systems. MAV had hoped to sign the contract earlier this year, but the deal was postponed for political reasons.
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Sir Alexander Bustamante
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...prominence with his flaming oratory, and founded the country's largest trade union. After being jailed (1941-42) as a rabble-rouser, he formed (1943) the Jamaica Labour party, a relatively conservative group that attracted right-wing support. He was...
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Freeman, Charles 1933 –
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...x2019; s on the Supreme Court. … He ’ s a behind-the-scenes force, not an adamant, dogmatic, outgoing rabble-rouser, ” he added. According to Bob Sector and Christi Parsons, writing in the Chicago Tribune, “ Freeman is...
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Brown, Rita Mae
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers Manual. NewYork, Bantam, 1988. Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser. New York, Bantam Books, 1997. * Critical Study: Rita Mae Brown by Carol M. Ward, New York, Twayne, 1993; Ladies Laughing...
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Stallings, George A. Jr. 1948 –
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...formation in Rome and a “ Harvard ” for priests. During his time there, Stallings earned a reputation as a rabble-rouser for advocating that fellow seminarians have a greater say in their educational programs. Stallings earned three degrees...
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The 1970s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...wife's murder; the case was the inspiration for the television show The Fugitive, 6 April 1970. G. L. K. Smith, 78, rabble-rouser, 15 April 1976. Ed Sullivan, 73, television impresario and newspaper columnist, 13 October 1974. Jacqueline Sussann...
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