| 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. |
| Faculty senate presidents, if I may say so myself, tend to be a responsible lot of leadership types, not firebrands, malcontents, or radicals. |
| There were activist firebrands getting into loud political conversations with people who just wanted to belt back drinks with parasols in them. |
| Again, that is the sort of suggestion that I think some of the firebrands are putting out in public. |
| Though by no means revolutionary firebrands, all rebel against the older generation. |
| His late grandfather, George, and his late father, Andreas, were both populist Socialist firebrands who became prime ministers. |
