Easily recognized by his craggy vocal style, prominent facial warts and bushy sideburns and a devil-may-care personality, he was one of heavy metal's most beloved and brashest figures.
That sale did not help to burnish the image of Ricci, who despite his portrayal as a brash City figure is neither a deal broker nor a trader but an administrator – more of a chief operating officer than a risk taker.
The brooding tenor of "Seize the Day," a masterpiece that only "Herzog" surpasses, gave way in the late '50s to the determinedly comic voice of "Henderson the Rain King". Its protagonist, the eponymous Henderson, is a brash, swaggering figure who lights out for Africa and finds a new life among an exotic jungle tribe.
Thus the popular image of Watson's scientific partner: a brash and boastful figure who shared responsibility for a singular breakthrough.
The departure of Ms. Mucha, a brash and combative figure, raised the immediate question of how the administration would fill the void.
What is served at Valentino, in any case, is not the traditional cuisine of any Italian region; American wide-open opportunity and brash inventiveness also figure in its origins.
No longer a brash, outspoken media figure who ranked among the league leaders in most receiving categories, Ocho is currently a lightly-used reserve player who caught just 15 passes for the Patriots this season, by far the lowest output of his career.
Its title is apt: much of the piece is about shifting textures -- slowly sliding chordal figures; brash, fortissimo string scraping; pianissimo arpeggios -- and eerie, hard-to-define tonalities.
In both "Climb Jagged" and its mirror image, "Jagged Climb" (they are the first and last of the five movements), the violin line is athletic and often brash, with scampering figures and chordal shards to paint the picture (and, secondarily, test the technique).
