Word: bashful
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...when it is fashionable to bash Western culture and exaggerate the traditions of the southern and eastern hemispheres, Paz's work is a reminder that no part of the contemporary world is free of profound influences from another. His best-known poem, Sun Stone (1957), casts ancient Aztec symbolism in a modern mold. As a critic, he broke ground with The Labyrinth of Solitude, a study of Mexico as a New World nation improvising its future from indigenous traditions as well as revolutionary ideals from Europe and North America...
...course, even the most abstemious Headgoers get thirsty. Never fear. There's a big bash in Joe's room Saturday night. You're all invited...
Overcoming administration angst, mayoral meddling and the Massachusetts fiscal crisis, the logistically nightmarish annual aquatic bash known as the Head of the Charles is back...
...majesty, all ye who would oppose them! Try to keep Rickey Henderson, the game's premier player, from stealing you blind; he's on the verge of eclipsing Lou Brock's all-time stolen-base record. Don't groove a pitch to Jose Canseco or Mark McGwire; the Bash Brothers will lose it over the far fence. Watch, and wince, as Dave Henderson or Carney Lansford gets the clutch hit. Scan the depth of the A's bench; almost any scrub could start on another team. Note the new recruits, just in time for the big games: slugger Harold Baines...
...suit up, let alone sand up, as the A's performed what amounted to surgery without anesthesia. At the end, in the champagneless locker room, the satisfied heart of A's manager Tony La Russa could be seen beating beneath a T shirt that promoted The Ballet School. The Bash Brethren had pirouetted through disaster...