One of Mr DeLay's most belligerent moves came in 2003, when he worked with the Texas legislature to push through a controversial redistricting plan that targeted all the state's "Anglo" Democratic representatives.
Powell was sceptical of such "belligerent" moves, concentrating on sanctions with Robin Cook, the then-British foreign secretary, with whom, Meyer said, "somewhat to my surprise", he got on well.
Behind the bells and whistles of US President Barack Obama's State of the Union where the US President claimed that sanctions are working against North Korea, the international pariah state continued to make concrete belligerent moves in its foreign policy this week.
Some commentators have called Xi's move a belligerent misstep that has made the world more dangerous than he anticipated, but it's unclear whether China is terribly concerned about consternation roused outside its borders.
He is in exultant, belligerent mood.
We watched him, in the second debate, prowling behind his opponent, back and forth with lowered head, belligerent and looming, while she moved within her legitimate space, returning to her lectern after each response: tightly smiling, trying to be reasonable, trying to be impervious.
We've already made progress on cutting carbon emissions, and we can continue to make strides regardless of the moves of this belligerent regime.
Speaking in Washington on his return to the US, Gross said he hoped that the US and Cuba can now move beyond their "mutually belligerent policies".
If you've ever been skiing you know the type, and most likely loathe them: those 11- or 12-year-old boys with helmets, belligerent expressions and a tendency to move in packs.
The regime's recent failed missile test and the decisions this week to pull out of six-nation talks, kick out atomic inspectors and reopen its nuclear facilities are not absolute proof of that every move North Korea makes, every belligerent blast of rhetoric from Pyongyang, can be interpreted in the moment as merely another bargaining ploy intended to extract payoffs.
