Word: bravados
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...Israeli rhetoric is very defiant. There's a bravado here when it comes to their military. If there's another attack, I have no doubt [that Israel will retaliate], and if it's chemical attack, they're going to absolutely devastate Iraq...
Along with the bravado, there is apprehension. The troops are aware of predictions that perhaps as many as 20,000 of them could be wounded or killed. They are particularly nervous about the threat of Iraqi chemical or biological warfare, and officers have no trouble enforcing regulations that protective gear be carried at all times. Says Specialist Robert Kraus, 20, of Jefferson Station, N.Y.: "There's fear to an extent. I am not saying the Army brainwashes you. But we train so much that we are used to what is going to happen...
Given his past record in court, Gotti had good reason for his bravado. He has beaten federal and state prosecutors in three trials since 1986, earning the tag "Teflon Don." Basking in the notoriety gained from his court battles, Gotti has become a familiar figure at New York City restaurants, where he has been known to leave $100 bills as tips and to blow kisses at fellow diners as he departs. Still, the suspected Mob boss, who was charged last week with murder, racketeering and tax evasion, just might have a problem this time...
These panoramic vistas are no mere window dressing; they serve as counterpoint and antagonist to the Moresbys. Kit, always fighting the elements, will be blown away by them. Port, like so many Bertolucci heroes a passive creature whose bravado consists in allowing chance to work its will on him, at first believes he will enjoy feeling stranger in a strange land. North Africa, he thinks, will offer escape into adventure, exotic peril, the seductions of oblivion. He is wrong. The desert demands his surrender. The sand is quicksand; it will swallow him whole...
Next, I called my oldest sister, who spent years in college studying cattle and holds a degree in dairy science. She laughed and told me that one of her male co-workers, a city-slicker, had attempted to impress everyone with his bravado by describing how he used to go cow-tipping. She humiliated him by pointing out the physical impossibility of the task...