Word: bravados
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...know how Ali will explain his loss--his unwillingness after so much training and so much bravado to give it a real try. How can he explain that he threw only thirty punches in a ten-round fight? How can he convince us that he didn't choke, or that he had never really intended to win and just wanted to pick up $8 million in cool cash...
...next day, after being referred to by House Speaker Tip O'Neill as "Jimmy Roosev ... er ... Jimmy Carter," the President warned that security cannot be attained by "nostalgic or wishful thinking or by bravado." He got a big hand when he pledged: "If a nuclear arms race should be forced upon us, we will compete and compete successfully...
...Canadian Actor Eric Peterson at off-Broadway's Theater De Lys. "One-man show" is scarcely precise, for Peterson plays 16 characters in addition to Bishop. He is immeasurably aided by John Gray's work at the piano; music underscores the evening. Early on, the songs have bravado: "We were off to fight the Hun . . ./ And it looked like lots of fun," but they end somberly: "We were daring young men with hearts of gold/ And most of us never...
...militants who had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran declared with equal bravado: "We do not trade plotters, saboteurs and domestic mercenaries for the subversive misdeeds of hirelings outside our borders." Their advice to the Iranian hostages in London: "Do not fear martyrdom. Resist, and victory will be yours." Similarly, Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh observed that "anyone who has died for Islam goes directly to heaven." After talking to the London gunmen by telephone, Ghotbzadeh rejected their ransom demand and threatened to have one of their imprisoned comrades executed for every member of the London embassy staff who was harmed...
...good would Pakistan's forces be against a Soviet incursion? Zia's answer was bold and unqualified. "As far as the Pakistan army is concerned," he told reporters last week, "it is capable of defending our borders against any aggression." That bravado is not necessarily shared by Pakistani military commanders stationed along the country's 800-mile frontier with Afghanistan. An entirely different assessment was given visiting British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington last week by Lieut. General Fazal e-Haq, commander of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier. Pointing across the legendary Khyber Pass toward Kabul, Fazal said...