Word: cowboy
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...however, a "revolutionary"? In your article, the Bush who no longer needs to win an election came across as a pugnacious thug, his swaggering, loves-to-be-hated style more brash than visionary. TIME said he was a "punk at heart" and recalled his college days of wearing cowboy boots and a bomber jacket on campus during Vietnam War protests. Was he an outsider then, as you suggest, or was he then?and is he now?the ultimate insider, a protected son of wealth and power who has little fear of what frightens ordinary people? You quoted him as saying...
...Adjacent to the Vietnamese capital's historic train station, Hanoi's hippest new hangout is a replica of an old frontier watering hole in the American West. A five-meter-tall cowboy stands outside, twirling a neon lasso over the saloon. Inside, the split-rail walls are decorated with cowboy memorabilia?from cowboy boots to a mounted cowskin?and since it opened in October, trendy young Vietnamese have been packing through the Seventeen Saloon's swinging doors and whooping it up with whiskey and tequila served by waitresses in cowboy hats and jeans...
...however, a "revolutionary"? In your article, the Bush who no longer needs to win an election came across as a pugnacious thug, his swaggering, loves-to-be-hated style more brash than visionary. TIME said he was a "punk at heart" and recalled his college days of wearing cowboy boots and a bomber jacket on campus during Vietnam War protests. Was he an outsider then, as you suggest, or was he then-and is he now-the ultimate insider, a protected son of wealth and power who has little fear of what frightens ordinary people? You quoted him as saying...
...however, a "revolutionary"? In your article, the Bush who no longer needs to win an election came across as a pugnacious thug, his swaggering, loves-to-be-hated style more brash than visionary. TIME said he was a "punk at heart" and recalled his college days of wearing cowboy boots and a bomber jacket on campus during Vietnam War protests. Was he an outsider then, as you suggest, or was he then--and is he now--the ultimate insider, a protected son of wealth and power who has little fear of what frightens ordinary people? You quoted him as saying...
...benefits formula to reflect changes in consumer prices rather than wages, an option sanctioned by the Moynihan-Parsons Commission in 2002. Graham blanched when I called it a tax increase, so let's call it a shockingly supple revenue emolument. It is unlikely to attract support from the cowboy wing of the G.O.P...