Word: swagger
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...wife, into a singular valentine to first love. Working his way up to One for My Baby, Bennett takes a big chance with a brash, almost R.-and- B. tempo. Sinatra's definitive version was an envoi to a lost love and a derailed life; Bennett's is a swagger, a roguish kiss...
...number of fans supporting the perennial world champions was approximately zero. And though this was their national day, no flags were flying in their honor. Nonetheless, the Cuban baseball team went out and polished the diamond till it sparkled, showing off all the sports-for-sports'- sake swagger of a team that has won 63 of 64 international games in recent years. All but unknown prodigies with names like Omar and Orestes and Lourdes gave a master class not only in the fundamentals but also in the finer points of flamboyance -- bunting one-handed, stretching singles into triples, chiseling...
...slum's misery would have raised few eyebrows. That was before Spain, dismissed as Europe's Third World backwater, shook off its authoritarian past and propelled itself into relative prosperity. As much as the quincentenary of its "encounter" with America, this country of 39 million is celebrating -- with justifiable swagger -- its breakneck pace of change since General Francisco Franco's death in 1975. Moreover, 1992 marks 10 years of stable democracy under Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez , a pragmatic Socialist. And it coincides with Spain's integration into the European single market, a source of pride after decades of diplomatic isolation...
Mike Tyson's alleged "serial buttocks fondling." If the charges are correct, this walking keg of testosterone was doing at an Indianapolis beauty pageant what he does in the ring: mauling the competition. Tyson's troubles spotlighted the threat behind many an athlete's swagger: he may think the world is his for the taking, with one swift punch or pinch...
Mike Tyson's alleged "serial buttocks fondling." If the charges are correct, this walking keg of testosterone was doing at an Indianapolis beauty pageant what he does in the ring: mauling the competition. Tyson's troubles spotlighted the threat behind many an athlete's swagger: he may think the world is his for the taking, with one swift punch or pinch...