Word: machoness
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...Nitze died, the Massachusetts Senator, who once criticized Bush for prancing around in a flight suit on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln beneath a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner, could be found prancing about the backwoods of Ohio costumed as a hunter on a wild goose chase. Those two macho, flamboyantly phony images--fighter jock and gooseslayer--are the sad legacy of this election year...
...heroine." As García Bernal says, "My inner transvestite is much more Caribbean, and I wouldn't have thought of doing some of the expressions I do in the movie, which are much more Spanish." But whatever the on-the-set spats, the results are spectacular. Whether sporting a macho beard or a cascading blond wig, García Bernal makes his character sexy, annoying ... fully human. Almodóvar sees that cocktail of emotions in the actor: "What I like about Gael is that mixture of innocence and passion, tight secrecy and tenderness, sensuality and unconsciousness...
Even Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has cultivated an image of unyielding toughness, seems shaken. Beslan provided devastating proof that the core of his macho approach to politics--his promise to rub out secessionists--was nothing but empty words. And so he reached for a safety blanket of his own last week, announcing a series of moves aimed at consolidating political power in the Kremlin. Under Putin's plan, the 89 regional governors will henceforth be appointed, not elected. Russia's parliament, the Duma, will be elected only from party lists, not from constituencies. As most parties represented...
...Spanish machismo, stiffening laws against domestic violence and proposing the legalization of gay marriage and rapid, no-fault divorces. A radical democrat committed to feminism is a major departure for Spanish politics, where the most successful politicians - among them Aznar and his Socialist predecessor, Felipe González - were macho men with killer political instincts. Zapatero's bet is that he can govern effectively and retain power simply by giving the people what they want. But that's a fickle foundation for policy. The time is bound to come for Zapatero, as for all political leaders, when he's unable...
...native Texan, who was half Apache (hence "El Indio"), formed the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1956, combining a Big Band sound with accordion-laced Mexican-style polka called conjunto. Also nicknamed "the Mexican Elvis," he wrote more than 500 songs, including rock tunes such as Mala Cara and Macho Rock 'n' Roll...