Word: burnish
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...George W. is his own man; the next day he's most emphatically his father's son. As the Republican nominee - famously stung last year by his failure during an interview to name the heads of state of three out of four foreign trouble spots - moves to burnish his foreign policy credentials, his father's legacy offers both assets and liabilities. Candidate Bush may have preferred a different last name Monday when he courted the pro-Israel vote in an address to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in which he slammed the Clinton administration for daring...