Word: flair
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...only his pitching prowess that has earned his beloved status: While most Japanese players show all the flair of dour salarymen, Matsuzaka - with his spiky, sometimes dyed hair and cool self-confidence - more closely resembles the dropout hipsters who populated downbeat Tokyo at the turn of the millennium. But his 95-mph fastball and old-school work ethic and competitiveness have earned him the loyalty of traditional fans...
...always been that sophisticated guy that everyone looks to for insightful ideas during writers’ meetings. And with stories about controversial postering and campaign slogans under his belt, there’s no doubt that he’ll offer the magazine his discriminating tastes and his flair for detail...
...Police officials estimated the crowd at about 800,000 people, while Hizballah claimed a cool million - about one quarter of the country's population. Either way, the event bore Hizballah's signature organizational flair: its security personnel, as many as 10,000 of them, lined up at every major intersection to prevent supporters from becoming too enthusiastic, or infiltrators from stirring up trouble. Marchers came from all over the country, many of them determined to stay in Beirut until the government collapses. Hizballah politicians promised an open-ended and escalating series of civil actions, from strikes at key national institutions...
...trips, they make pilgrimages. Pope John Paul II turned these spiritual journeys into worldwide media events, from his first return to his Polish homeland to the masses he conducted before millions in the Philippines and his Millennial-year arrival in the Holy Land. Though lacking some of the same flair, Benedict XVI's first four outings beyond Italian soil have largely followed similar pilgrimesque itineraries: warming up to a million young Catholics at World Youth Day in Cologne, paying homage to his predecessor in Poland, trying to turn back a wave of Spanish secularism in Valencia, and returning two months...
...Riley ’07 donned the navy blue Harvard sweatshirt that is the trademark attire of her running mate, President John S. Haddock ’07. Meanwhile, Haddock shed his sweats for a pink t-shirt and a blue vest—Riley’s favorite flair. Rosier decked himself out in a tight white tank top, a close-fitting aquamarine jacket, and a hot pink coat—which, he said, was meant to mimic Andrea R. Flores ’10. —Staff writer Rachel Banks can be reached at banks@fas.harvard.edu...