(Soundbite of music) TERRY GROSS, host: Merle Haggard's new album is called, "I Am What I Am," a phrase that recalls the pugnaciousness of the cartoon character "Popeye.". From Wordnik.com. [Merle Haggard: A Gruff Voice Filled With Vitality] Reference
And setting all pugnaciousness aside, its really a rush!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
If they fought back, the pugnaciousness was knocked out of them at once. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Quitter Cuomo: sudden withdrawal from governor's race contrasts with former pugnaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Prostitute to wife of former NY gov.: 'I'm sorry'] Reference
His public pugnaciousness on this issue seems to indicate a fear that they will not toe the line he has drawn in the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-04] Reference
"To broach the concept of the supersonic zeppelin," said Grand, sticking out his lower lip in imitation of Churchillian pugnaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
As Biden showed, his emotional range, experience and rhetorical pugnaciousness will allow him to play multiple roles on Obama's behalf. print share. From Wordnik.com. [Biden Offers Testament To Obama's Character And Toughness] Reference
Marine Corps, with its usual bulldog pugnaciousness, said through a spokesman that it goes after "every" deserter, although an occasional one does slip away from time to time. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
It was his pugnaciousness that prompted a stunningly early bout of intra-party mudslinging against rival Mitt Romney, and it was his grand vision of a 50-state campaign that propelled the decision to emphasize raising money over cutting back. From Wordnik.com. [You Want McCain Breakdown Stories, We Got McCain Breakdown Stories! - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
I like to think the West is a little more inquisitive than the majority of the Chinese people don't get me wrong, there are many exceptions! and Westerners, coming from a different ideology, are slightly more in tune with the pugnaciousness of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
The Association said that one of the only ways to assure peace in the world tomorrow is to take the time and effort necessary to assure the babies of today of a comfortable adequate diaper service, pointing out that an irritation experienced in the earliest days of babyhood psychologically and psychiatrically may become the cause of irritability and pugnaciousness in adulthood. From Wordnik.com. [What is the Objective in Instalment Selling] Reference
Suppose also that these people demonstrate a remarkable combination of pugnaciousness and hubris, regularly telling scientists working in fields they don't even understand that they're wrong, promising that their ideas will revolutionise science when they're accepted, claiming to have discovered brand new basic laws of the universe and comparing themselves to Newton and other famous scientists. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory Hole] Reference
Wisconsin played with poise and pugnaciousness at the outset of the second half; Florida State played with angst and anxiety. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That's from a starting point of pugnaciousness the likes of which even the hardened politicos of Washington don't see every day. From Wordnik.com. [Aftermath News] Reference
Clark says Harris 'pugnaciousness and willingness to stand up for his beliefs, which included standing up for the common man, was a hallmark. From Wordnik.com. [Long Beach Press Telegram Most Viewed] Reference
He was able to attract the most powerful figures to his Sunday roundtable discussions, and radiated a ruddy pugnaciousness in his questioning. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
The Leafs have seemingly found the pugnaciousness of Brad May contagious, their testosterone levels a little higher since his arrival in a trade two games ago. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
The conduct of the affair by the two admirals, even to the very intensity of their pugnaciousness, contributes a tinge of the comic to the history of a desperately fought action. From Wordnik.com. [The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence] Reference
Elevating ignorance to the level of some sort of noble achievement and treating indiscriminant pugnaciousness as something laudable only further inflates these narcissists 'already enormous egos. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
From the simplest reaction of the infant disturbed in his play or his meal, a straight line of development leads to the fighting spirit of man, whose pugnaciousness and whose longing for vengeance force his will on his enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
From the most bashful submission to the most ostentatious self-assertion, from the self-sacrifice of motherly love to the pugnaciousness of despotic egotism, the social psychologist can trace the human impulses through all the intensities of the human energies which interfere with equality in the group. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
S veneer, my unease peels off pugnaciousness as hollow quaverings of terror are shoved within core of accustomed seafarers. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
I’m less ecstatic about it than others I’ve seen; I thought it was well said but not anything spectacular, although one can certainly see how Webb has gotten a reputation for pugnaciousness. From Wordnik.com. [2007 January 24 « Whatever] Reference
"Hey, I'm running for Congress."), his pugnaciousness (Actual, as in the case of his boxing match with Joe Frazier, or potential, as in the cases of former councilmen Brent Taylor and newsman Cameron Harper) all make Herenton a lightning rod for controversy - and a sure ratings/readers magnet for local media. From Wordnik.com. [Memphis Flyer] Reference
In domestic animals every observer has remarked in how great a degree, in the individuals of the same species, the dispositions, namely courage, pertinacity, suspicion, restlessness, confidence, temper, pugnaciousness, affection, care of their young, sagacity, &c., &c., vary. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844] Reference
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