Word: manly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...understand why this one went out of style. It was too often twisted into a demand - that a lady demurely contain herself, not make a spectacle, do nothing that makes a man feel like anything but a king. At least in Western cultures, that attitude did not survive the '70s and all the exuberant liberations attending. By the time the Reagan era dawned and a new Gilded Age beckoned, women were invited to swagger as much as they liked. For men and women, a global economy meant survival of the fittest, which did not involve playing down one's skills...
...Dropped from helicopters above the mountain scrubland of South Waziristan the day before 28,000 Pakistani troops went in to wrest control of a militant stronghold, the letter was signed by General Ashfaq Kayani, chief of the Pakistani military. To drive home the point that Pakistan's most powerful man was speaking directly to a people largely ignored by the country's laws and politics, his photograph, flanked by the Pakistani flag and the crossed-swords insignia of the military, was splashed across the top of the note...
...Trail of an Elusive Man...
...Lions put man coverage on Luft, and Crimson junior quarterback Collier Winters exploited that. The two connected on two passes for 40 yards...
...Anytime you can get Matt one-on-one or try and get him the ball, we try to,” Winters said. “This week we had some situations where the corner played man-on-man, so we had some playcalls where we tried to get the ball to Matt. I have all the confidence in him, and you know these last two games, I’m sure he’ll be a big part of the offense...