Torres, who had received military training before joining Los Zetas, "epitomize[d] the cowboy mentality" of a reckless drug trafficker.

Has Mackenzie Calhoun's cowboy mentality infected all of us?

The independent cowboy mentality is strong, and many peasants deeply resent the Government's efforts to control the production and sale of beef and grain.

In November, tens of thousands marched here to protest President Bush's visit to London and to denounce what many view as Mr. Bush's cowboy mentality.

"I think we have a cowboy mentality out there among a few people."

He had a cowboy mentality, swaggered when he walked.

"Would you care to hear what I think of this sudden cowboy mentality of yours?"

It was a cowboy mentality fashioned on the maverick fighter pilot that Tom Cruise played in the movie "Top Gun."

That was stupid, and typical of North's cowboy mentality.

It requires a cowboy mentality.