Word: californianism
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...started when Republican Robert Dornan of California, in a speech before a conservative group, called New York Democrat Thomas Downey "a draft-dodging wimp." Downey heard about it and a couple of days later, as Dornan was walking out of the House chamber, put a hand on the Californian's arm to prevent him from leaving. Asked Downey: "Did you say those things about me?" Dornan wheeled around. "Yes. So what?" Moments later, Dornan grabbed the babyfaced New Yorker by the collar and tie, pulled him close and warned, "Stay out of my face, now and forever...
...toward the culture of the Eastern liberal Establishment. Weinberger loved that world and considered himself a part of it." The Weinbergers have since sold their California home and purchased one on Maine's Mount Desert Island, a bastion of old-line Yankees. Daughter Arlin, a | utility employee, is a Californian; Son Cap Jr., a public relations executive who was once president of the Operation Match computer dating service, lives in Washington...
...beholder. As interpreted on Inaugural menus, it meant everything from chili to caviar, with plenty of pot pie, seafood mousse and exotic wild mushrooms in between. The selections reflected those of stylish restaurants around the country. Caterers proudly described their offerings as light, pretty, fresh, American and, above all, Californian. Almost conspiratorially, they whispered of such unsimple fare as French truffles, Caspian caviar and roe-trimmed scallops from Holland...
...probably serve as the key White House Reaganite. For all his well-known detachment, he is a master at charting his own course. "The President has a way of balancing things out," says one White House aide. "His nature is that he is an ideologue and a pragmatist, a 'Californian' and a 'non-Californian.' He will have the kind of team he needs...
...UCLA coach Sigi Schmid, whose team is all-Californian save one player from Washington state, has also heard many things about the Harvard booters...