Word: businessman
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...hexed year for Democrats. Richards, one of the party's most popular incumbents, posted a 60% approval rating virtually up to Election Day and still lost to George W. Bush, a political newcomer, a businessman and an S.O.G. (Son of George) who was no F.O.B. (Friend of Bill) -- a decisive plus in Clinton-unfriendly Texas. He didn't even have to run a single negative ad. Republican Pete Wilson of California, an incumbent whose approval rating had sunk to 19% two years ago, still managed a 55% victory over Kathleen Brown. Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, big industrial states that were...
...help others through the suffering, regardless of the pain. Calvin Sale Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S. I was disturbed by the article "Professor of Death" on the Iraqi insurgent who trains suicide bombers. What appalled me most is your reporting on him as if he were some sort of modern businessman, and utterly failing to explicitly categorize him in the class of anti-Islamic raving psychopathic murderers to which he belongs. Carl Templin Johannesburg As a veteran of operation Iraqi freedom, I believe that articles about the insurgents and how they train suicide bombers only fuel the terrorists' desire to carry...
...other as a faculty member of the University. Though she had no formal connections to the Kerry campaign, her husband, James A. Johnson, headed Kerry’s search for a running mate in the spring and early summer of 2004. A well-connected Democratic activist and businessman, Johnson formerly served as the chairman of the Brookings Institution, a prominent liberal think-tank in Washington, D.C. Though several students were contacted by The Crimson, all but one—who spoke on the condition of anonymity—refused to provide any comment on the event. According to both Kerry?...
...such as ceos and environmental activists, or take the high and mighty to places like prisons and drug clinics they would never otherwise see. And he also views himself as a gadfly in chief, bringing attention to neglected ideas and people. Bob Geldof, the rough-hewn rock star and businessman whose contempt for formality is acute, enthuses about Prince Charles: "He does a lot, he's hugely underappreciated. He takes the side of the people over what the newspapers and the biens pensants want. I have a lot of time for him. He kicks up a fuss." There's more...
...Retired businessman Jim Belew, 71, of Pittsburg, Kans., made his grandson Rudy, then 13, ask twice to learn to fly, even though Belew was bursting to teach the boy. "For my sons, flying was just a way to get somewhere," Belew says. But with Rudy, a shy boy, it was different. "Flying brought him out more than anything I ever saw," Belew says. Rudy is now 18 and a licensed pilot...