So I thought, forget the rock opera, forget the bombast, my usual tricks.

He wanted a little more bombast, so he increased the size of the orchestra pit so he could get more low end instruments in there.

The apocalyptic bombast is even more disturbing. According to Angel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD, our planet is warming dangerously, and we need to act now to avoid catastrophe the United Nations climate chief, Christiana Figueres, maintains that global warming means that the world economy is at risk.

It is now time for American and Chinese leaders to negotiate a real and viable exit from the current crisis, while productively exploring ways to restart the denuclearization process on the Korean peninsula. If Kim s bombast and nuclear threats lead to China US bonding over a joint North Korea settlement, the entire world will be the safer for it.

Much of the worst anti Japanese bombast has disappeared from Chinese television in recent weeks, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is due to meet with Xi in Beijing this week. This does not yet add up to a thaw in the bilateral relationship, but it does suggest that Xi may be seeking a respite, at least until China s economy is on a more stable footing and his anti corruption campaign begins to wind down.

In Iran, the regime pushes ahead, but is clearly being hurt by an economic crisis (largely a consequence of international sanctions), popular protest, and internal bickering nbsp and has turned bellicose as a result. After several months of listening to Israeli (and, to some extent, US) war rhetoric, the regime began issuing its own menacing bombast, as a matter of substance and to defend the pride of a regime that views itself as the heir to the glorious imperial tradition of Persia.

In Iran, the regime pushes ahead, but is clearly being hurt by an economic crisis (largely a consequence of international sanctions), popular protest, and internal bickering and has turned bellicose as a result. After several months of listening to Israeli (and, to some extent, US) war rhetoric, the regime began issuing its own menacing bombast, as a matter of substance and to defend the pride of a regime that views itself as the heir to the glorious imperial tradition of Persia.