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And so "Lola takes off, trucking along with a muscular R. Crumb look and distinctive flaming-cranberry hair," and from that point on, the film is full if "smashing bravado" and "sheer cleverness" (Maslin, the New York Times ). The film crackles with little tricks--at times Lola morphs into an animated figure, and her trip starts over three times, each version ending differently.
Bored Americans seeking the stimulation of endangerment are participating in more adventure sports, sinking more money into highly speculative stocks, and changing jobs with greater bravado than ever before because traditional risks have been minimized by medicine and government regulation.
Having experienced war firsthand, McCain respects prudence more than bravado.
Nor is it the foolish bravado of a philandering Gary Hart ("put a tail on me ...
The best parts of Conley's book are about deep, institutional resistance to change: the way that otherwise admirable male professors understandably draw on their training of 20 years ago, which assumed the 70 kilogram male body as the human norm and left them totally ignorant of female health problems; the way training in elite specialties like neurosurgery still promotes a specific kind of cowboy bravado, which encourages women to bail out for gynecology.