Word: bravado
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...spend my time doing what I like to do.” It’s true that even the best actors can’t be on all of the time and that a snapshot of David the writer would have a very different feel. A lot less bravado, a lot less hype, and some indication that if you get past the bullshit, David is an intelligent, creative artist looking to express himself through his work. Though he confesses to needing the motivation deadlines provide, David doesn’t mind engaging a perfect stranger in conversation about this...
...this sounds like bravado. But so did bin Laden's anti-American rants before Sept. 11. Al-Qaeda has agents in dozens of countries, including the U.S. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, to cite just three wartime American leaders, bent the peacetime structure of rights to avert national disaster. President Bush is right to follow their example. As Justice Robert Jackson said, the Constitution is not a suicide pact...
...When the push finally came, Atta's bravado was thoroughly exposed. On Monday evening, he and Dostum sent their men forward on foot and horseback, armed with AK-47s. Almost immediately they met resistance from the better-manned and better-armed Taliban. Depending on which account of the battle you believe, it was at best a defeat, at worst a rout. What is certain is that the reversal set the tone for a very bad week for the ragtag coalition of warlords ranged against the Taliban...
...They feel they have the means to actually win this," says a U.S. diplomat in Pakistan. A Time reporter who spent three days in Kandahar last week interviewing key Taliban commanders and officials, including Tayeb Agha, spokesman for the supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, found the Taliban brass oozing bravado. No senior leaders, the officials claimed, have died from U.S. bombings. Omar and bin Laden, Agha says, remain safe. The propaganda message, which Taliban leaders may actually believe, is this: the U.S. has taken its best shot but has hardly bruised them. Said Akhtar Muhammed Usmani, the region's military...
Pattivina also has trouble convincing in his more emotional moments. The one time he breaks down enough to indicate the pain behind his bravado, he lacks the physical presence and confidence of character that the scene demands...