Word: swaggering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...defensive secondary that had been torched by the Bears’ passing attack found a swagger in the second half that it wouldn’t lose for the rest of year, and the offense proved that it could perform under the highest-pressure situations...
Both Navy varsity boats entered the weekend with the justified swagger of a No. 1 ranked crew fresh off a solid trouncing of Georgetown—the only boat to have defeated Harvard’s first varsity all season long. The Navy first varsity had not lost a spring race since 2003, and the 2004 Midshipmen rowed to an open-water victory at the national championships. Navy had won the previous three Haines Cups over the Crimson. Only one Harvard boat got the best of the Midshipmen in a dual race during that three-year stretch...
...cowboy blood still runs thick. With great pride, he pulls his battered steel spurs from the tack-room wall and brushes away the dirt. As he points out the silver-inlaid design and the gold initials R.L.K., he smiles at all the times he's worn them with a swagger. He hangs them on the wall with a jangle, his eyes passing again over his bridles, bits and well-worn leather saddle...
...There's a swagger among miners from Mount Isa to Perth, and it's largely thanks to China. Last year, exports to the country soared: nickel by 88%, coal 72%, copper 35%. No longer do miners feel outdated and outsmarted by the dotcom people. China's growing metal consumption is pushing up prices across the board, giving companies the upside they need to commit to exploration and mining projects. Comalco, owned by Rio Tinto, recently commissioned an alumina refinery at Gladstone in central Queensland, the first plant of its kind to be built in the world for 20 years...
...what comes off as glorious effect on Blur’s albums comes through the traipsing over generations of important British rock preceding them: you must remember that when a band so ostentatiously channels John and Paul’s heart and soul, or Jagger’s swagger, they are implicitly placing themselves among these influences, and as a result most bands don’t dare to reach back in such earnest...