Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal.
Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal.
From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco, 'Generally speaking, the first movement is intended to convey pioneer courage, loyalty, strength of purpose and freedom.' The trumpet motive in the closing Allegro 'is a call of defiance to the very elements themselves that had the temerity to dispute the spiritual strength and courage of the golden city of the West.'
Temerity is not always successful.
We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.
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