Word: chutzpah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anna says to Mica, "You have more chutzpah than I do." (Anna, like the rest of the staff, hails from the New York Metropolitan Area...
...stereotypical aggressive, opinionated, arrogant New York attitude is personified in our mayor. No where else in the world would Rudolph W. Giuliani's chutzpah be tolerated, yet it is precisely what New York City natives love about him. Rudy's no-nonsense attitude and willingness to take a stand, even when that opinion clashes with the generally accepted stance, combined with his deep appreciation and love for the city and its culture make him the perfect mayor...
...stereotypical aggressive, opinionated, arrogant New York attitude is personified in our mayor. No where else in the world would Rudolph W. Giuliani's chutzpah be tolerated, yet it is precisely what New York City natives love about him. Rudy's no-nonsense attitude and willingness to take a stand, even when that opinion clashes with the generally accepted stance, combined with his deep appreciation and love for the city and its culture make him the perfect mayor...
...Bennett?s cultural hell, may have sealed the deal. Pragmatic governors and tax-cut hawks are the party stars, and social conservatives are simply not welcome on the national stage. Among the spurned, there has been plenty of disappointed talk, but only someone as crotchety as Smith has the chutzpah to leave the GOP tent for the lean-tos of a Reform party or Taxpayer?s party. "This is quixotic," says Dickerson. "As much courage as Smith has for bolting ? and as much press as he'll get for it ? he?ll be a whisper from here...
...Post saw things a different way, trumpeting "Hillary?s Chutzpah" on an issue near and dear to New York?s large Jewish population: the capital of Israel. Last year, Mrs. Clinton had made a splash on a Mideast trip by calling a Palestinian state "inevitable." Last Friday she penned a letter to a leading Jewish group unequivocally declaring Jerusalem ? which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital ? the "eternal and indivisible capital of Israel." Hillary?s first flip-flop? "More like an obligatory pander," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley. "The two things aren?t mutually exclusive ?- this just...