Word: brashness
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...political affairs. Alan Rickman (“Dogma”) supplies the perfect tone of voice for Marvin the clinically depressed robot and Sam Rockwell (“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”) helps to bring the character of Zaphod Beeblebrox—the brash, unintelligent President of the Universe—some contemporary significance by making him seem ever so slightly, well, Texan...
...archness of phrase and plot. He found his way again in last year's Flynn's In, featuring his other series character, Boston Police Official Francis X. Flynn. The film of Fletch, starring Chevy Chase, was a summer comedy hit, and Fletch Won continues the upbeat pace. Here the brash young man is observed in what Hollywood calls a "prequel," an adventure that takes place at the start of his career. Mcdonald has a discerning ear for the cocky conversation of youth and an eye for its pratfall bravado...
Turner needs more than just a brash concept. The merger he is proposing will be far tougher to arrange than last month's $3.5 billion take-over of ABC by Capital Cities Communications. In that deal, the vulnerable ABC willingly agreed to merge with the smaller firm in order to protect itself from undesirable suitors. But CBS is financially brawny and ready for a fight...
...brand brouhaha began back in 1980, when Goizueta and Keough were picked for Coca-Cola's top jobs. They were determined to reverse a disturbing trend. Over the previous decade, Pepsi had been steadily gaining on Coke. Using a brash advertising campaign built around the "Pepsi Challenge" slogan, the rival cola was becoming increasingly popular with younger drinkers, who seemed to prefer its sweetness to the crisper taste of Coke. The inroads were largest in supermarkets, where Pepsi in 1977 actually overtook Coke in sales. Because of its dominance in the fountain and vending-machine trade, however, Coke still holds...
...previous government, his main investor was jailed, advertisers were warned off, and staff so tied up in court cases that Tehelka?which means "sensation" in Hindi?collapsed. Back at the helm of a reborn Tehelka weekly, however, Tejpal thinks that even his experience won't stop India's brash new journalism. "Ethics are changing again," he says, "and where the new line will be drawn, nobody knows...