Word: brashness
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Redford also pointed to politicians’ lack of consideration for foreign customs and resort to brash decisions as contributing to the decline of America’s status in the world...
...this week at a much-too-young 79, had that gift. Of course he was Nick in the original production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Of course he was John Adams in the PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles. When he played any number of brash young men in TV anthology series, he was those men, as just as easily, or magically, the flinty gents of Judgment at Nuremberg and revivals of Albee's A Delicate Balance and Seascape on Broadway over the past decade...
...latest casualty of the Iraq war is Erik Prince, the brash young CEO of the military contractor Blackwater USA. His firm guards dignitaries in Iraq, and on Oct. 2 he got to explain to some of those dignitaries why Blackwater security forces have been known to flee the scene after shooting Iraqis. "Our job is to get them off the X--the preplanned ambush site," Prince said...
...Avenue, about a 15 minute walk from the Yard near the Quad, where I picked up a block of Greek halloumi cheese. My third stop was Cardullo’s in Harvard Square. I had to gather a few items to pull together the dormitory feast I envisioned. As brash and tacky as Savenor’s is sophisticated and unassuming, Cardullo’s sells everything from the grossly excessive ($275 Beluga Malossol caviar) to the decidedly campy (blueberry lollipops with edible scorpion centers). I purchased crisp toast as a receptacle for the foie gras, spicy cranberry and wasabi...
...everyone is celebrating. Polls have shown that a majority of voters disapprove of the new measure, and the congestion tax still has numerous opponents in Albany, some of which seem more concerned about the mayor’s brash negotiating style than the actual substance of his proposal. (Bloomberg attempted to steamroll the plan through the legislature, and responded angrily when he met resistance.) But while Bloomberg’s fervor has made him few friends, his adamance is understandable given the many benefits a congestion tax has to offer...