Word: bobs
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...preponderance of the research suggests that the improved sense of self may not overcome the discrimination toward people with unusual names. In other words, if you're trying to decide on a name for a newborn, consider Bob. It may be boring, but it's also safe...
...Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need to Know By Bob Beaudine Center Street; 174 pages
...involve winning.) Christopher Dodd hailed Gore as having been for years a "lonely voice in the wilderness" and pointed out that the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been warning about climate change ever since he was a member of the House of Representatives decades ago. Even Republican members like Bob Corker and Richard Lugar hastened to add their admiration for Gore, who was appearing before Congress for the first time in nearly two years. (See pictures of Al Gore...
...cast of the scandal in Portland, Ore., has a certain ring to it: Sam Adams. Bob Ball. Beau Breedlove and his dog Lolita ... "Everyone has porn names!" says Mark Wiener with a laugh. "Until yesterday, it had never occurred to me that the worst offending name was mine." Wiener (pronounced Wee-ner) is one of Oregon's most influential political consultants and a former - and now disheartened - campaign adviser to the protagonist in this political soap opera. That would be Sam Adams, the new mayor of Portland and the first openly gay man to lead a major American city. Then...
...Senate to the vice presidency, Republican John Tower emerged from among 70 contenders to win a seat he went on to hold for 24 years. Then, in 1993, when Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen became Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Governor Ann Richards named fellow Democrat Bob Krueger to the seat - a job he held for just six months before Hutchison won the seat...