brashly

Seven years ago, Michael R.Bloomberg brashly introduced himself to New Yorkers as a billionaire can-didate for mayor.

In 1985, for example, he brashly proclaimed that when and if the universe stopped expanding and began to contract, time would reverse and everything that had ever happened would be rerun in reverse.

He spoke brashly without considering the consequences.

She always acts brashly without thinking things through.

The new intern brashly criticized the company's policies on his first day.

Despite his brashly confident demeanor, he was actually quite insecure.

The politician brashly declared that he would win the election by a landslide.

She brashly challenged her boss's authority, causing tension in the office.

He brashly quit his job without having another one lined up.

The young man brashly asked the CEO for a raise during the company meeting.

The actress brashly rejected the script without even reading it.

The student brashly challenged the professor's expertise in front of the whole class.

When first exhibited in 1970, these caused an art-world scandal -- not because of the imagery, or Guston's right to use it, but over the brashly cartoonish technique.