Word: bravados
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Netscape's software did that. So well, in fact, that Microsoft--which manages to play the heavy in every computer-industry drama--moved in and proceeded to pound our darling company into the ground. While Barksdale publicly displayed bravado--There's plenty of room for both of us! he declared--he was moving swiftly on two fronts. He turned to the Justice Department for antitrust relief, and he started looking for an exit strategy. So while the district court in Washington moved at its glacial pace to determine whether Microsoft had violated the public trust, Netscape scampered at Net speed...
...highlight of the evening was Le Corsaire. It was not the choreography (which is rather dull) nor even the actual pas de deux (which was good), but the unmatched technical prowess and stunning bravado of principal dancer Angel Corella in his solo variations that left the audience in thunderous applause. Corella takes risks in his dancing and his boundless energy brings him to the realm of greatness. His technical ability is astounding, and it is matched by his charming enthusiasm as he flirts with the audience, making pirouettes look easy. His jumps were huge and effortless, achieving real height...
...this? Sporting his grim been-to-hell-and-back look, Woods is filled with an inner intensity that boils out onto the screen. Clad in a leather jacket and Ray Ban sunglasses, unflinching when an entire building blows up behind him, Woods brings the necessary mix of swagger, cool bravado, fearlessness and tightly-coiled anger to the role of Jack Crow. It's a good thing, too, since the supporting cast does not add much. Thomas Ian Griffith makes for a striking, if rather dull, villain, leering savagely but saying little of interest. Daniel Baldwin has a solid rapport with...
...could a choir boy in the 17th century achieve fame and fortune? He could sing soprano--for life. Castration performed before the onset of puberty would produce a sound in a boy that blended the sweetness of a soprano with the bravado of a bass. Self-mutilation might have closed the door to one world, but it opened the door to another--entrance into the most elite singing coteries in Europe...
...known. He understood that the test of political genius lies in the hard work of building constituencies and forging them into sustainable electoral majorities--something he did quietly but with dazzling results. When many of us who were first elected at the same time as he were adopting the bravado of Young Turks while trying frantically to figure out how the process worked, Tom came to public office fully prepared to govern. His accomplishments made him the standard to which all California mayors must aspire. We will miss him, I suspect, in more ways than we can now comprehend...