Word: cowboy
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Although he sports silver-tipped cowboy belts, Mehlman grew up in suburban Baltimore, Md. A Harvard Law School grad, he practiced environmental law in Washington but found he was spending much of his free time on campaigns and figured, "Why not get paid for doing my hobby?" He became chief of staff to Texas Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger in 1996. Rove, Granger's campaign consultant, hooked Mehlman up with Bush, then Governor of Texas. Mehlman became field director of the Bush 2000 presidential campaign, in which he focused, as he does in this year's race, on the prosaic mechanics...
...against the Yankees this year, and they made fine work of sweeping the Anaheim Angels. And they’ve also decided to go old-school. Really old-school, back to the five championships they won between 1903 and 1918. Because while “Cowboy Up” seemed a slightly strange choice for a Boston anthem, the Red Sox have picked a winner in this year’s “Tessie.” It was chosen as a battle cry in 1903 by The Royal Rooters, a group of fans from South Boston who sang...
Bush gets manicures too. A lot of them. In fact, the rough-hewn, plain-talking Texas cowboy (born to simple folk in rural New Haven, Connecticut) receives a visit from manicurist Angie Aziz at the White House about every two weeks. Which means approximately 96 trimmings, filings and buffings since inauguration...
...Heaven, written by current hot scripter William Monahan, is set in Jerusalem in 1187, between the Second and Third Crusades. It spins out a clash of personalities, cultures, regions and religions. What fascinates Scott this time is the pure, severe code of the knight. "The knight was the cowboy of that era," he says. "He carried with him degrees of fairness, faith and chivalry--right action. I think right action is what it is really all about...
...Hitler and Saddam Hussein were also the guys making history. It is amazing and frightening that the head of the U.S. military is intellectually incapable of perceiving some basic distinctions. Those who want to see what kind of history Bush is making should have a look at his unmistakable cowboy posturing...