Word: machos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...surprised by schoolyard bullying? We live in a society in which bullies win--the macho cops, cowboys and action figures of movies and TV. George W. Bush bosses the world around. We describe overbearing behavior in adults as strong, decisive leadership; in children, we call it bullying. Those who seek the cause of bullying need look no further than the tough guys our society views as role models...
...Texas, the prince reached out for support and ... anyway, to reject Abdullah's hand would have been ungracious, and the President will always choose courtesy over ungraciousness--even if the image conveys the subconscious message that the oily Saudis are so important to the U.S. economy that President Macho is willing to act in an unmanly fashion in order to keep them happy...
...this is not the office of Vanity Fair. Perhaps the only place where such a story conference could occur is at Soldier of Fortune, the macho magazine for adventurers (armchair and otherwise). The Colonel is Robert K. Brown, 52, a.k.a. "Uncle Bob," the onetime Green Beret who started the magazine in 1975 and owns it lock, stock and carbine barrel. Soldier of Fortune is a direct reflection of its creator: blunt, individualistic, muscularly anti-Communist. As Brown celebrates Soldier of Fortune's tenth anniversary this month, he makes no apology for the combative style--either his or the magazine...
...Shultz whether "we are so paralyzed by 40 lives" that our foreign policy was jeopardized. Some word-processor warriors were quite ready to sacrifice the hostages in their eagerness for "bold" retaliatory action, usually unspecified. C.D. Jackson, who served on General Eisenhower's wartime staff, used to call such macho talk "making tiny fists in your pocket...
Dizzee’s video is a welcome reprieve from the conspicuous consumption, macho posturing, and glib misogyny of too many hip-hop videos. With “Dream,” Dizzee proves that you can kick it on an old-school (or maybe pre-school) tip and still bring...