Word: brashness
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...Spacey and Darin should, and almost certainly will, see this film, if for no other reason than that it shows a different side of both of them—Darin as a conflicted man plagued by his past and uncertain about his future and Spacey as a confident and brash entertainer born to be a star. For what it’s worth, each brings something out in the other...
...veteran composer for such Broadway musicals as Sweet Charity and City of Angels; of heart failure; in New York City. His jazzy songs, from Hey, Look Me Over to Big Spender, became hits for singers like Tony Bennett and Peggy Lee and epitomized Broadway songwriting at its most likably brash. A fluent pianist, he performed a cabaret act in New York City as recently as last month...
...House on the afternoon of Election Day, chief of staff Andrew Card presented him with a five-page handwritten letter of resignation from Attorney General John Ashcroft. The letter, written a few days earlier and sent quietly to the White House, was in stark contrast to Ashcroft's often brash style as the nation's top cop. The President, distracted by exit polls suggesting that he might be heading for defeat, absorbed the thrust of Ashcroft's missive, then put it aside and said he would deal with it later...
DIED. PAUL NITZE, 97, formidable diplomat and negotiator who was one of the principal architects of America's cold war policies toward the Soviet Union; in Washington. Erudite, brash and sometimes irritable, he worked for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, helping to instigate the postwar Marshall Plan and, in 1950, writing a key paper that urged a U.S. economic and military buildup to "frustrate the Kremlin design of a world dominated by its will." Yet this early cold warrior became better known for his later efforts at conciliation, most notably a famous "walk in the woods" near...
Bach Soc’s superb classical concerts never fail to please, and BSO Fall Concert 2004 should be no exception. At this you might see the next Yo-Yo Ma in his/her formative years. Featuring Alexander Brash ’06 as conductor; Toni Marie Marchioni, oboe; Francesca Anderegg, violin. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office. $8 general, $6 for students and senior citizens. 8 p.m. Paine Hall...