Word: bravado
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only way to explain the phenomenon is the influx of ever-better athletes into all professional sports. Babe Ruth was simply such a legend that he could be excused for showing a little bravado. More important, his very presence at the plate commanded respect...
With much bravado, the Kabul government now contends that the seven-year- old mujahedin rebellion will fade away once its support from Pakistan and the U.S. ceases. Explained a Western diplomat in Kabul last week: "The Soviets are going to portray the Pakistanis as aggressive and to justify even more pressure on Islamabad." As part of its reconciliation drive, Kabul has downplayed the threat from the rebels and begun referring to them not as "counterrevolutionar ies" but as "opposition forces...
...Semper fi," grouses an officer at Marine headquarters, "means don't say anything critical because it's going to reflect on Kelley." Self-criticism is precisely what the Corps needs, say some experts. What they have instead, says one of Kelley's subordinates, is a "lot of bumper-sticker bravado...
...interpretations. Innovation, even if it is not always completely successful, keeps the art fresh; and in any case, those who claim that the real drama in opera is found in the singing can have no reasonable objection to new stagings. American companies would benefit from a jolt of European bravado. It is not a sign of degeneracy but of vitality...
Last year, I marked Lincoln's birthday with a certain bravado. At dinner, I toasted "the noblest man to have ever graced this continent...