Word: macho
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...think the great trick to a successful run in politics is to have both what you've called the wussy-mommy qualities and the macho-tough qualities. If you're only one or the other, you're going to get into trouble. A party without compassion and without intellect and without appreciation for ambiguity is going to get in trouble in an environment where there are many moving parts, not all of which are under your control. On the other hand, if all you have is empathy and ambiguity and you don't know when to stand and fight...
There is a locker-room camaraderie at the academy, but the atmosphere is never really relaxed. The staff plays to the peer pressure that already exists in this group of macho, Type A personalities. "If you're lying in your own blood at 30,000 feet, it's your own fault," warned a physical-training instructor, letting the words linger for a few seconds. "If you can't stay in the fight, thousands will...
Despite T.R.'s macho image, here he looks "scared to death and not sure it's going to come out all right," says Clinton, who felt reassured by the portrait during tough times...
...state of Texas has a lot of money invested in the slogan, and we definitely want people to know it's a litter-prevention message. It's not a macho message." DORIS HOWDESHELL, director of the travel division at the Texas Transportation Department, on the slogan "Don't mess with Texas...
...having fun on the campus,” Ventura says, “and we got into quite a hectic debate over the war in Iraq. I did not support the invasion of Iraq...I think I caught them a little off-guard because I come off as a macho, tough...