Matteo Salvini's air of invincibility dissipated last summer. Now his headstrong approach is being openly mocked
Passengers in economy class are 3.8 times more likely to become unruly if the plane also contains a first-class section
Historically, Francophilia has been associated with supporters of the philosophy of Enlightenment during and after the French Revolution, where democratic uprisings challenged the autocratic regimes of Europe.
She was also often outrageously lucky: lucky that the striking miners were led by Arthur Scargill, a hardline Marxist; lucky that the British left fractured and insisted on choosing unelectable leaders; lucky that General Galtieri decided to invade the Falkland Islands when he did; lucky that she was a tough woman in a system dominated by patrician men (the wets never knew how to cope with her); lucky in the flow of North Sea oil; and above all lucky in her timing. The post-war consensus was ripe for destruction, and a host of new forces, from personal computers to private equity, aided her more rumbustious form of capitalism.
Pelosi Vows Passage of Health-Care Overhaul
Defying skeptics in her party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Sunday to overcome lingering obstacles and pass health-care reform in the House, restoring momentum to President Obama's top domestic priority and order to her own unruly Democratic caucus.
(By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced Senator Barack Obama to her leading contributors in Washingtona precocious but headstrong youth
headstrong
1 : not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions headstrong businessman
2 : directed by ungovernable willheadstrong actions>
2 : directed by ungovernable will
synonyms see unruly
democratic
Line breaks: demo|crat¦ic
Pronunciation: /dɛməˈkratɪk/
ADJECTIVE
Origin
early 17th century: from French démocratique, via medieval Latin from Greek dēmokratikos, fromdēmokratia (see democracy).
democratically
音節dem • o • crat • ic発音dèməkrǽtik
[形]
1 民主主義の［的な］；民主政体［政治］の；民主国の；民主主義を擁護する；平等主義の.
2 ((D-))((米))民主党の；（もとの）民主共和党の.
3 一般大衆の，大衆［庶民，平民］的な
a democratic art
民衆芸術.
dem・o・crat・i・cal・ly
[副]民主的に.
rumbustious
adjective
Origin:
late 18th century: probably an alteration of archaic robustious 'boisterous, robust'cau・cus
━━ n., vi. 〔米〕 （政党などの）幹部会（を開く）.
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