Word: bravura
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...bravura performance drew a flood of flowers and yellow telegrams that swept to Capitol Hill in support of the man who starred at his own show trial. The "Olliegrams" were stacked on the witness table, as though shielding the colonel from any hostile questions. Jumping on the Ollie bandwagon, two Republican Congressmen interrupted the proceedings to criticize Counsel Liman for being too "prosecutorial." In fact, Liman approached North with unusual restraint, probing more for revelations about his superiors than to slash at his story. Explained Liman later: "This is not a trial. We're not handing down verdicts. These hearings...
...last fall, Capitol Hill Democrats set out to prove they were not hopelessly divided and terminally ineffectual. They were determined to show that they could work together, make policy and lead the nation -- in short, that they deserved to take over the White House after 1988. They made a bravura start, quickly passing a clean-water bill over the President's veto and approving the $88 billion highway bill over another Reagan veto. The Republicans, shell-shocked by the midterm election loss and defensive over the Iran-contra affair, were reduced to the role of helpless spectators...
...soldiers, then abruptly cuts to close-ups, to study their pain head on. Their faces are fists clenched in rage and fear; they know that farce is about to replay itself as tragedy. The Marines never quite recover from the inevitable explosion. The film never quite survives its bravura beginning...
Nobel Laureate William Golding recounts a stirring voyage of discovery in Close Quarters. -- A. N. Wilson' s bravura sexual comedy...
...career. He peoples his little worlds lavishly, and his characters are the creations of an exceptionally alert and abundant mind. The Healing Art (1980) was an early dazzler, trenchant but somewhat raveled. Wise Virgin (1982) was perhaps his best-constructed novel. Now, in Love Unknown, his balance and his bravura have meshed...