Word: blossoms
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...Bush and his political guru Karl Rove (whom Bush alternately addresses as "Boy Genius" and "Turd Blossom") have already encountered a fair number of problems in California. Winning there won't be easy: the California Republican Party has been in bad shape for more than four years. Rove is hoping to resuscitate it by helping in the campaign against Democratic Governor Gray Davis, but he's had nothing but trouble so far. First, Rove decided the best way to beat Davis was for Bush to handpick the ideal nominee. Bush threw his weight behind Richard Riordan, the moderate former...
...Milan by teaming up with young industrial-design talents. The mission? To reinvent the chandelier. The seven resulting works did just that. Hella Jongerius made a chandelier frock. Georg Baldele created a rectangular "Glitter Box." But the favorite of V&A curator Gareth Williams was Tord Boontje's "Design Blossom," a tree branch strung with lights and crystals. The creations are all one-of-a-kind prototypes, but Clare Kubicki, spokeswoman for Swarovski, says the company hopes that the manufacturers of the chandeliers will put them into production. After the exhibition finishes its tour of New York, Paris and London...
...they do is come onto the field and have fun and play their guts out,” said sophomore infielder Sara Williamson. “Our freshmen are now beginning to blossom and open up. They’re so fun to be around. All of them...
That may explain why Bush's other nickname for Rove is "Turd Blossom." The California move was part of an aggressive and unconventional Rove strategy to boost favored candidates in dozens of G.O.P. primaries around the country. Republican activists are grumbling about White House meddling in a party that claims to champion local decision making. This week supporters of Georgia state representative Bob Irvin--a former minority leader endorsed by 71 current and former state legislators--plan to send Rove and White House political director Ken Mehlman a letter protesting Bush's support of Congressman Saxby Cham-bliss over Irvin...
...napkin, and who takes a shine to Katshuhiro. In him she sees a man with "a father's eyes" and suggests they conceive a child by artificial means, to Naoya's initial displeasure. Between bouts of bowling, drinking, emotional howling and a Bobby McFerrin soundtrack, the three of them blossom into something like a family...