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The wind, that seemed to blow as they drove, dropped when the carriage stood still; gadflies settled on the steaming horses that angrily shook them off.

-- Jimmy Kimmel is among Donald Trump's late-night gadflies, while producer Mark Burnett showcased the future president on "The Apprentice." Yet they are going into business together.

Theatrics aside, activist shareholders known as "corporate gadflies" have been responsible for significant improvements in corporate governance, explains Nell Minow of Washington, D.C., a long-time expert in governance matters.

Bloodsucking gadflies and mosquitoes have been blamed for spreading the lethal disease, with infections being reawakened from soil that was contami nated 75-plus years ago.

But among the industry gadflies we polled, the Philadelphia area edged North Carolina.

Now that he is the Arab League's secretary-general, Al-Araby, 75, said he plans to order investigations into alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadflies. He also urged Syrian authorities to implement real reforms and transition to democracy.

Legislators got into it, along with journalists, opinion writers, lobbyists and other gadflies armed with smart-phones and iPads.

In division one leaders Peggy Gadflies had efforts from Martin Evans, Greg Nixon and Paul Williams help them to a 3-2 victory at Gladstone Athletic and Bird FC''s two goal Mickey McCann left his calling card in the 3-1 success at Railway Meols.

Passionate atheist and fluently opinionated blogger Jack Huberman presents The Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound, an anthology of quips, quotes, and searing insights from philosophers, scientists, poets, writers, artists, entertainers, and political figures throughout history--all challenging the widespread impulse to believe without proof, and all chosen to hearten and intellectually stimulate fellow atheists.

No nation permits foreign funding of political campaigns, but the charges (no one is in jail) seem like a heavy hammer to use on the minor infractions of these pathetic gadflies.

So it is not enough simply to invoke "church;" churches themselves must be called to a robust witness of faith, and in that too their colleges and universities may be useful gadflies. So the medieval tension will remain, yet the hope can be strong!