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gadfly

any of various large dipterous flies, esp the horsefly, that annoy livestock by sucking their blood
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But the diver's surname was spelt wrongly after someone mistook Peggy Gadsby's surname for Peggy Gadfly. ?
Bush who, knocking other conservatives, labeled himself the compassionate conservative, it was right for Nat Hentoff to question the press, to be a gadfly. No one has asked Mr.
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Instead, Rustin would, in the 20 years following King's death, play the role of gadfly within the civil rights community.
Instead of organizing into groups for direct political action in a very confusing environment, maybe the role of the humanist is as gadfly - playing a Socratic role by revealing the arrogance of ignorance and the hypocrisy of the powers that be.
That perennial gadfly Accuracy in Media and the editors of Comint are also pitching in.
"I want an answer!" The Gadfly refused to give up the mike.
As though nature abhors a bipartisan vacuum, Wright's chief gadfly, blow-dried minority leader Newt Gingrich, admitted that a nonbook he had written was backed by a group of twenty-one fat cats to the tune of $5,000 apiece.
Division One leaders Peggy Gadfly's avenged a recent defeat at the hands of Shore Villa by winning the return fixture 4-2.
The gadfly's absence has even put a significant dent in the anti-Michael Moore industry.
Behind the initiative is a tinkerer and gadfly named Dewayne Hendricks, who serves on the FCC's Technological Advisory Council.
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