Word: cowboyism
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...Laden, showing him alert and very alive, capped a week of bad news for President George W. Bush [Nov. 8]. What is this terrorist, this atrocious, fanatical criminal, still doing at large in the world? A week after the terrible destruction of 9/11, Bush stated in his typical cowboy fashion that he wanted bin Laden "dead or alive." Three years later, billions of dollars have been spent, more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed, the nation is divided, and we are nowhere close to knowing even where that man is. The President has failed...
...Gordon Track and Tennis Center, thousands of Dylan fans through out the country, sang along to the words of “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,” the opening number of the concert sponsored by the Undergraduate Council and Harvard Concert Commission (HCC). In his cowboy hat, black silk shirt, and elegant black suit, Dylan, 63, charmed the crowd of young and old with favorites “Forever Young,” “God Knows,” “Desolation Row,” “Lay, Lady, Lay?...
Come sit in the audience of NPR’s weekly radio program, etown, as they host a live taping. Hosted by Nick and Helen Forster, etown will feature the Cowboy Junkies and Madeleine Peyroux in this mix of musical performance and interview. Tickets $22, 26. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater...
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...