Word: bushed
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GEORGE W. BUSH signed a law ending Texas' concealed-weapons ban. He supports background checks at gun shows but hasn't pushed for them in Texas
...Bush, getting there means having a credible plan that the G.O.P. can rally around--and that will attract swing voters--after congressional Republicans finish brawling with the White House over this year's budget. It won't be easy. But that's what conference calls were invented...
...candidates. The Iowa poll, when it was invented 20 years ago, was a fund-raising gimmick by the party to tap into campaign war chests by making the front runners and the foolhardy pay for the privilege of participating. But with a front-loaded primary season and George W. Bush miles ahead of his heel nippers, the Ames straw poll has taken on an unnatural significance. Republican candidates want to trip up Bush, and they're happy to spend lots of money to do so. And if they turn up losers, the Ames contest, for all its illegitimacy, may force...
...FLORIDA Lawmakers withdraw a conceal-carry bill; Governor Jeb Bush hails law stiffening sentences of those who use guns in crimes...
...contender, when TIME questioned the major candidates. He added, "There is overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is contributing to global warming." Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, another Democratic hopeful, acknowledged that it was a "serious threat." But the G.O.P. candidates sounded less certain. Texas Governor George W. Bush, his party's front runner, and Elizabeth Dole both agreed that the earth is getting warmer but professed to be agnostic about the cause, saying only that the question should be taken "seriously." Steve Forbes, for his part, had no doubts: "I don't believe it," he said of global...