Word: bravado
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...look over, and Hound Dog (as he is affectionately called by his fellow Milwaukee’s Best disciples) has just “hit up” the joint. Hound Dog rolls into the party with bravado, spewing shocking witticisms like, “Yo dudes, it’s so hot in here it reminds me of your mom!” and “By the way fellas, in that last joke the ‘hot’ was spelled with two t’s.” He normally rolls with a sidekick...
...music can run the gamut from gimmicky pop classics to grandiose orchestral ballads but somewhere floating beneath the calculated, precise production there’s a poignant beauty that could only be described as natural. One’s heart could beat to the slipshod, improvised bravado of “What’d I Say,” or it could wiggle, staccato beat-to-beat, calypso style to “Unchain my Heart...
...less hulking female swimmers. On Wednesday, 20-year-old Luo Xuejuan frog-kicked her way past Australian world-record holder Leisel Jones to capture gold in the 100-m breaststroke with an Olympic record time of 1:6.64. "China is back," intoned Luo's coach Zhang Yadong with Schwarzeneggerian bravado. "Before the race, I told Luo that no one could beat her. In the future, there will be many more Chinese heroes like her in the pool...
...begins to feel a little secondhand. The whole of Cloud Atlas never quite lives up to its parts, though every page showcases a high-wire artist who dares us to think of a unified theory of humanity and how "souls cross the skies o' time." Mitchell writes with such bravado and intensity that he can make us believe--as he clearly does--that there's life in the old-media novel...
...first quarter?has already been redesigned and its back page, once occupied by a Stewart essay, is now home to the "Cookie of the Month." Stewart vows to return, assuring supporters, "I'll be back ... I'm used to all kinds of hard work." But biscuits and bravado might not be enough to restore the luster of her tattered brand...