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• n  offensive boldness and assertiveness

• It will revise America's posture in the region, toward a more respectful, ameliorating stance than the arrogant pushiness that marked the Bush Administration, especially in the .
• Stories are told about his ambition and his, well, pushiness.
• President Fox's pushiness in surprising the White House with his call to conclude an immigration deal by year's end is a reminder of how much he had riding on this week's state .

• bumptiousness
• cockiness
• forwardness