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aggressiveness

uh gre siv nuhs

  • n  the quality of being bold and enterprising
  • n  a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
  • n  a natural disposition to be hostile

  • Though Friday was stunned at first by some of the aggressiveness and language of the male fantasies, she came away from the project with a high opinion of men.
  • The game was marked with aggressiveness, roughness on both sides.
  • That explains the sexual aggressiveness of langursand males of other species; it usually makes evolutionary sense for males to inseminate the maximum number of females.
News & Articles

  • Group exhibits snakes at ranger station
    The sight of a snake on a hiking trail causes most hikers to react in one of two ways. The first and most common reaction is fear and avoidance. The second and more heinous reaction is aggressiveness toward the snake, even to the point of killing it. But according to a group of snake handlers brought in by the Red Rock Ranger District for a Live Snake Exhibition at its South Gateway Visitor ...
    June 13, 2013 - Sedona Red Rock News
  • Scoring comes naturally for Moore
    Now in her third season with the Lynx, the star forward’s added aggressiveness creates chances for her and teammates.
    June 11, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
  • PBT: LeBron leads Heat to win by doing it his way
    PBT: Peppered with questions about a lack of aggressiveness after Game 1, LeBron James flipped the script with his unselfishness in Game 2.
    June 10, 2013 - MSNBC
Quotes

  • Dan Fouts in Lewiston Sun Journal
    I don't know that it's so much one thing that you could point to,Fouts said. "It was an attitude of fearlessness and aggressiveness and of fun. He was not afraid to try new things. He was not afraid to attack the entire length and breadth...
  • Jeff Burton in FanHouse
    Results: Coca-Cola 600 | Indy 500 "He's real aggressive. That's cool," Burton said after the race. "But when he starts affecting me with his aggressiveness, I just will not put up with it. I've been around here long enough. I just will not...
  • Dmitry Medvedev in Washington Post
    I know full well that one position is not responsible and that everyone needs to step up, but I'm just not seeing right now the aggressiveness from Tarvaris that I saw throughout the offseason, training camp, the two preseason games he played... Brad Childress http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Childress&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFtmlVyKieJ8CsqRpQuBKbuvbtY0A Channel 4000 http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.channel4000.com/sports/17496231/detail.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGTIBOYJdUeOZx4jtrEh5pmKP59Gw Sep 17, 2008 2071 2776 aggressor The security of our peacekeepers and civilians has been restored," Medvedev said in a nationally televised statement. "The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganized."

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