Word: bushed
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...According to Marc Stad '01, president of the College Democrats, the purpose of the campaign is to let students know "what's at stake if you vote for Bush...
...Fellow Dan E. Lungren, also a former member of Congress and California attorney general, said the award for the most unexpected performance goes to Gary Bauer for his genuine remarks, but said Bush and McCain made the biggest gains in the debate...
...slings and arrows of outrageous fortune may have gotten a little weird for George W. Bush Thursday night, as fellow Republican presidential candidates cast him as a blend of Marie Antoinette and a Southern plantation owner - all in the course of a genteel policy exchange. Blue-blood publisher Steve Forbes led the charge, accusing the Texas governor of "betraying" Americans with his tax plan and proposals to consider raising the retirement age. Then arch-conservative Alan Keyes wrapped his criticism of the Bush tax plan in an out-of-left-field race reference to "Massah Bush." And the picture...
Rather than mix it up, leading candidates Bush and Senator John McCain exchanged pleasantries and compliments, remaining in a clinch rather than throwing punches. Although the repeated challenges about his experience in governing and foreign policy had Bush testily chanting phrases from his stump speech, his opponents failed to provoke either a gaffe or a temperamental outburst. Meanhile, McCain deflected jabs about his reported temper with humorous, self-deprecating quips ("You know, a comment like that really makes me mad.") Outside the arena, the news for Bush was less good. Although Bush has reined in a lot of McCain...
...years later, America's effort to become the world's best-educated nation is receiving failing marks. A federal panel reported Thursday that each of the six national education goals President Bush set in 1990 for the year 2000 will go unmet. Still, there was some noticeable improvement from kids at the youngest age. As it turns out, throwing money at the problem of fulfilling Bush's goal that kids enter kindergarten ready to learn really did work. Even as the level of federal funding devoted to public education stagnated during the past decade, the amount invested in early childhood...