Newman – who lost government and his own state seat last year after a whirlwind and combative term in office marked by large public service sackings, environmental deregulation and draconian criminal law reforms – said One Nation would pick up six seats in the next Queensland election.
"If you look at the campaign statements, Romney has been much more combative in terms of US economic rivalry".
He thanked his reformist predecessor, Mohammad Khatami, defying a ban on mentioning the name of the ex-president — a sign that he will translate his impressive mandate into a combative second term.
He will speak for his constituents by articulating their resentments in more strident, more combative, more articulate terms than they can themselves, which is why they find him brilliant.
This isn't meant to suggest that progressives cast these policy battles in combative, us-versus-them terms.
As far as intelligence, he's considered a genius, and in terms of combative ability, he could hold his own against any super soldier.
Both parts of the binomial name refer to the aggressive behaviour of the bird at its mating arenas; Philomachus is derived from Ancient Greek philo- "loving" and machē "battle", and pugnax from the Latin term for "combative".
Parekh (2016), for example, defends a non-combative approach by invoking the terms 'multiculturally sensitive interculturalism' and 'interculturally attuned multiculturalism', referring to the fact that both multiculturalism and interculturalism can learn from each other.
Some liberals have held out hopes that Mr. Obama might be more aggressive on judicial nominations in a second term; as his term progressed, Mr. Obama became more combative with Congressional Republicans.
The term sour is somewhat combative.
