Word: bayou
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...safe seat in his home district, and both have raised funds aplenty to dole out as favors to the campaigns of other House members. So far in this election season, the Cajun has raised more than $8 million for G.O.P. candidates and the party, much of it through bayou-flavored luncheons for colleagues that net up to $50,000 each. Oxley has done better than $5 million...
...this wasn't an election, and when the verdict hit the bayou Tuesday night, it's a safe bet that more than a few porch-dwellers were shaking their heads at the thought of this Gulliver finally succumbing to the little men of the system. "A lot of people were surprised that Edwin, who has always been so smart, let them get so much information on him," Bernie R. Pinsonat, a Baton Rouge pollster, told the New York Times. "They had tapes in his office, tapes in his house, and they obviously nailed him. Regardless of what happens from here...
David Graham and his wife Carolyn considered plenty of attractive Southern towns for their retirement before finally settling on this picturesque bayou community on the Cane River. Many of the places they visited had the mild climate and low cost of living the Grahams sought, but Natchitoches, La., "had everything we wanted," says David, 68. "We have all the pleasures of small-town life--friendly neighbors, no traffic--and all the conveniences larger cities have to offer...
Natchitoches, an hour southeast of Shreveport, is the state's oldest European settlement and a haven of Cajun history and culture. It was in nearby Melrose that author Kate Chopin lived and gathered material for her colorful collection, Bayou Folk, and numerous other short stories in 1894. Today the Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival, an annual June event benefiting Chopin's home and library, draws artists from across the nation and several thousand visitors to the Natchitoches area...
This was the second straight week the women's track team had been involved in a tight contest. At last week's Bayou Classic in Texas, champion Stephen F. Austin, Harvard, and Rice all finished within two points of each other...