Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dole, however, does not, and he isn't likely to go recruiting now. "All of us have submitted vision speeches," says a Republican Senator, one of many who hoped to equip Dole with some bright flags to mark the boundaries of his beliefs so voters would know where to find him. "All of us wonder what happened to them...
...Phil Gramm had won the G.O.P. presidential nomination; Perry was considered an odds-on favorite to take Gramm's Senate seat if it opened up. A former Air Force pilot, Perry, 46, flies his own plane around the state checking on ranchers and farmers. "He has a very bright future," Gramm said at a lunch at the 1992 G.O.P. convention in Houston. "I have no doubt in my mind, Rick someday is either going to be Governor of our state or a Senator from Texas." Four years later, the scenarios still simmer; Gramm or junior Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison could...
...contradictions have been building all week. Inside the Convention Center, bright placards, balloons and deliriously happy rally troops find every TV camera as speaker after speaker repeats the mantra of Hope, Growth and Victory. Everywhere are the strains of "I'm a Dole Man!" and "You've Got To Be A Football Hero" and everyone is on message, talking about going for the gold. But even as Republican luminaries prepare to pull out all the stops tonight when Bob Dole formally accepts his party's nomination, the sickly air of resignation seeping out of the San Diego gathering overwhelms...
...just channel-surfing through these emotions and genres, and he's not parodying them, as the Beastie Boys once parodied rap and heavy metal. Instead Nowell uses eclecticism to explore and understand his own shifting thoughts and moods. There is a purpose to his pastiche, and his bright, versatile voice holds everything together...
...emerged blinking into the bright sun from his matinee last Monday, Dole gave a thumbs-up to ID4, not just as diverting summer fare, but--as he later called it--the type of movie that "lifts up our country instead of dragging it down." Of course, those words were written before he actually saw the film. In the version of ID4 that I saw, the country wasn't just dragged down, much of it was demolished by a fire-breathing spacecraft resembling a large piece of pita bread. Millions of our compatriots were blown away in a quite grisly fashion...