Word: bachelor
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Born in Lincoln, Neb., Cheney took bachelor's and master's degrees in political science at the University of Wyoming, then went to the University of Wisconsin for additional graduate work. Named a congressional fellow by the American Political Science Association, he moved to Washington in 1968 to work on the campaign of Wisconsin Congressman William Steiger...
...customary role, Sam Palka, self-made entrepreneur, swaggers through a career of indulgence. In off-hours he assumes the role of Vishkover, a modest sewing machine salesman who courts the unprepossessing Channah Basha. As the miserably married Palka, Sam owns the very building in which Channah lives; as the bachelor Vishkover, he is incapable of force or originality. But it is here that his best self survives, a peasant from the other side, unsophisticated and uncorrupted by ambition or guile. Decades later, when Palka's wife dies, he still cannot bring himself to reveal his true identity...
...told friends that he has felt "a lot better" since he spoke up about his pot smoking. He brought it into the open because he, along with some White House advisers, worried that his father's political opponents might try to make use of rumors about his freewheeling bachelor life, which have been swirling through Washington like smoke at a rock concert...
...first bachelor-son to live in the White House since F.D.R.'s days, Jack Ford is a natural subject for speculation. He graduated from Utah State University in May and went back to Washington, ostensibly to find his way around before starting work as a Ford campaign aide. It was not long before Jack gained a reputation as a swinger. He jokingly asked Henry Kissinger, "Now that you're married, can I have your little black book?" When an interviewer asked him about girls, he replied laughingly, "What kind of girls do I like? Two legs, two arms...
...year younger than Kitty and a bachelor, Parnell was an odd sort for an Irish revolutionary. There was none of the inflammatory rabble-rouser about him; indeed he had an unmistakably U English accent and was mad about cricket. They made a handsome couple; her lover matched Kitty's delicate face with a rather fragile body, and, apparently, unforgettable eyes. For all his magnetism and occasionally furious drive, Parnell was innately lazy. Between leading the Irish nationalists in Parliament and being Kitty's lover, he seems to have preferred the latter role. While her husband was conveniently absent...