Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger's petulant action in relieving Rear Adm. Thomas J. Cassidy Jr. USN, Commander, Naval Air Pacific Fighter/Airborne Early Warning Wing, Capt.
He never took responsibility for his actions and remained petulant to the end.
As a fairly liberal resident of Oakland and staff member at the UC Berkeley campus, I can say honestly that I'm happy to see petulant trustafarians held accountable for their actions.
Viewed through the spectrum of this discontent, Russia's actions in Crimea are essentially a petulant riposte to the west: we think you break international law all the time, so we will too.
Ramirez became increasingly petulant as the 2008 season went on, with his actions thought to be driven at least in part by his unhappiness over his contract status.
If North Korea was in fact responsible, as the FBI alleges, its actions — in retaliation for a movie that ridiculed Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un — were petulant, bizarre and deeply irresponsible.
They objected that his actions were an abuse of his position, that he was ignorant and petulant, and that, while he was only too happy to launch attacks on others, he resolutely refused to engage in any kind of debate himself.
When Westerners analyze the actions of an authoritarian figure, they tend to focus on his mind-set the frequently petulant behavior of a mind-set theimited power.
Earlier this week, New Jersey governor Chris Christie called Obama "a petulant child" for pushing gun control while former Florida governor Jeb Bush worried that the executive action would set a "quite dangerous" precedent.
When Westerners analyze the actions of an authoritarian figure, they tend to focus on his mind-set — the frequently petulant behavior of a man with unlimited power.
