Word: cowboyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who revered the Cowboys as America's Team, it was the beginning of a decade of galling frustration. They were to have precious few playoff opportunities to put on their ten-gallon hats and lizard-skin boots, pose by their pickups and act nasty. Or ogle the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders as they sashayed their postseason routines across the hallowed petroleum-byproduct turf at Texas Stadium. Instead, there was Sunday upon Sunday filled with ignominy and gloom. No divisional championships. No Super Bowls...
Enter John Whitley, a quiet-spoken Louisiana native with a lazy smile, whose cowboy hats and elephant-hide boots make more of an impression than his low- key manner. In just 32 months, he has turned Angola around, relying on little more than his sense of decency and fairness. The number of stabbings, hangings and escape attempts has dropped dramatically. The malaise has lifted. Security officers say Whitley has improved communications between the prisoners and the 1,545-member staff. Inmates credit Whitley with providing new educational and recreational programs. Most important, inmates feel they have an advocate in Whitley...
...such a radical step? "We were the only environment that was ready for a complete change. All they needed was a cowboy dumb enough to say he'd do it," says Rock. "America's oldest nameplate is going to become America's newest car company." But Rock is a smart enough cowboy to recognize that his challenge is a tall...
...cowboy is at the wheel...
...scenting conspiracies everywhere, and one of his suspicions seems to have inspired a questionable FBI sting. After Perot complained to Dallas police about an alleged Republican plot to wiretap him, Jim Oberwetter, head of President Bush's Texas campaign, was approached by an FBI agent posing as a cowboy. The agent offered to sell a tape of Perot phone conversations. Oberwetter spurned...