Word: brashness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Silver Medalist Twigg, 21, triumph in their 79.2-km (49.2-mile) road race, but an iconoclastic team of 20 U.S. men coasted off with three golds, two silvers and a bronze in other events. Along the way, some of the favorites had trouble, and a handful of brash newcomers gained prominence. Said Carpenter-Phinney: "It will take a while to put it all into perspective...
...show has an angry bark, it is also frisky as a puppy. Nicholas and his co-stars (all veterans of the Cats cast) strut engagingly through the handsome sets. Stephen Oliver's score drapes cleverly oratorical orchestrations on his plain songs, and the whole thing moves with the brash dash of an undergraduate jape...
...brash young Miami firm offers more than modernity...
Modern architecture-the uncluttered, functional kind-has come to be a synonym for boredom in many quarters. But not in Miami, where a brash young firm called Arquitectonica is creating unadorned, mechanical-looking buildings that startle the eye with their loud primary colors and jazzy architectural stunts. Consider, for example, the firm's Atlantis condominium, an apartment tower with a bright blue grid on one side. Twelve stories up, a huge hole has been cut into the slab. The open-air décor of this "sky court" features a swaying palm tree, a curved yellow wall...
They call their guests boobs and liars and taunt callers to "get off the phone, you jerk." They shout, hang up and cut people off in midsentence. They sound off pugnaciously on politics and make brash forays into sex. Among their most frequent targets are homosexuals, women, and ethnic and racial minorities. When challenged, they are apt to say things like, "You come down here, boy, you yellow-bellied, egg-sucking dog, bedwetter, pinko Commie " They are the abrasive breed of radio and television personalities, most of them talk-show hosts, who treat their profession as a verbal adjunct...