Word: brazenness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...valiant attempt to drown out his catechism. Leaving the event, I was sufficiently embarrassed of my natal affiliation to go so far as to pose as being, of all things, French. Clearly dire straits. Upon my return to the land of the free and the home of the brazen, my indignant rage at our collective theatrical impropriety softened somewhat in the absence of a ready comparison...
That way, at least, icky incidents like 19 dead servicemen being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu will be avoided—if only the boors had taken more care not to “offend the Somali people through their brazen disregard for cultural mores and practices”! Special sessions in which Gandhi is contemplated and the love-force imbibed are also in the works...
...were brought in to subdue the tribal warfare that had brought the country to the brink of famine. Not only did the American troops fail in their peacekeeping mission (to deliver food to civilians and stem the violence), but they also succeeded in offending the Somali people through their brazen disregard for cultural mores and practices...
Every grade school student knows that the worst thing you can do when a bully wants your lunch money is give it to him. If you turn over your nickels and dimes, he’ll come back the next day more brazen than ever. But stand up to him and he’ll cower away, leaving you to eat your lunch in peace...
...auditioners applying suntan lotion in varying SP factors, drinking bottled water sporting various designer labels, and several comfort-loving individuals who had brought portable beach chairs and recliners to help them endure what looked like a three-hour wait. They did not look like hardy types ready to brazen out an extended ordeal in the Outback, let alone the Hollywood jungle...