Word: bravadoes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...possible that the organization's strength is overestimated. Its secrecy and the bravado of its officials make accurate facts inaccessible; and the unusual circumstances of its acts encourage publicity out of all proportion to their real importance. Its professed policy, of upholding law and order and Anglo-Saxon supremacy in-the face of duly appointed officials, frightens the public into exaggerated alarm, as does all questioning of established authority...
...thousand "Red Shirts" who had conquered Naples 60 years before. Today, uncompromisingly opposed by the Great Powers, rebuffed by the government at Rome, and with his tenure of control of Flume but a matter of weeks at most, the Italian soldier-poet speaks with the same old air of bravado...
...late hour last night the honors stood about even, each outfit having induced one "ringer" and one "leaner" to join the ranks. Stars will abound on all sides, and it is rumored that the river men will uncover their latest plans for breaking the ice. Despite the bravado of the Cabin Boys from the Charles, the odds have been set at 23 to 13, in favor of the custodians of the puck bag. Past performances give them the edge, for although they lack team-work and have no great individual brilliance, they have undoubtedly made it hot for the University...