Word: swagger
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...John Connally, two of his early supporters, is totally foreign to this patrician son of a wealthy landowner in the Rio Grande Valley. With his well-cut suits, nails that look manicured even when they are not, and silver hair he never lets down, he is Texas without the swagger, the kind of gentleman that stuffy men's clubs were made...
...paunchy Babe Ruth, ferrety Bob Feller, the sunken Dust Bowl visages of players in the '30s -- has surrendered to today's sleek, chipper California look. Keith Hernandez, Dave Righetti, Jose Canseco, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro and a hundred others have the handsomeness of soap-opera stars. And their fine swagger italicizes the sexiness of contemporary sport. These guys know they're the studs of summer...
...infant who is destined to deliver his land from the terrible rule of Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh). On his journey to Castle Nockmaar, he acquires a few worthy friends and foes: an outlaw warrior in the Han Solo mold (Val Kilmer), a dashing knight with Lando Calrissian's righteous swagger (Gavan O'Herlihy), a willful princess with martial guile (Joanne Whalley), a Yoda-like wizard (Billy Barty), an ancient sorceress -- Obi-Wan Kenobi's kid sister, perhaps -- struggling under a curse (Patricia Hayes) and a couple of impish brownies reminiscent of Artoo Detoo and See Threepio...
...second week a dozen trainees have dropped out. But dozens of others like Goodrum, undaunted by failure, have hung in and passed their tests on the second and third tries. They swagger about the smoke-filled coffee room with all the bearing of veteran road hogs. Their bravado is largely superficial. "Deep down, these guys realize it isn't B.J. and the Bear out there on the highway," says a recruiter. The real road is tougher than the school, but at this point, who wants to tamper with romantic illusions? "At the jail, all I learned was about...
...which he started and won no games -- none in two seasons, for that matter -- Washington Quarterback Doug Williams passed for a Super Bowl record of 340 yds. and four touchdowns, as the Redskins massacred the favored Denver Broncos and their lionized leader John Elway, 42-10. By his swagger, the Broncos' young quarterback is known as "the Duke" (though John Wayne never portrayed General Custer). Blond, blue-eyed, Stanford-educated Elway could -- in that lemon-squash phrase -- do it all. He could hurt you in a lot of ways. He even used his multiple gifts to evade the lowly National...