Word: elders
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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George Bush the elder has a theory...
...George W. Bush will be elected in November because American voters periodically want a change. After eight years of Bill Clinton, they will reject Al Gore in favor of a fresh start - meaning George W. That's what happened in 1992, the elder George says: After eight years of Reagan and four of Bush, the voters were restless. They had Republican fatigue. They wanted something different...
...bright young (comparative) unknown: George Bush the elder selected Dan Quayle; Eisenhower chose the young Dick Nixon...
...President Kim Dae Jung, the makeover of the madman image was complete. The 58-year-old leader of the world's most mysterious country had been transformed into a fellow who could crack jokes at his own expense, banter about kimchi recipes and show proper Confucian deference to the elder President Kim. "I am aware that one of your legs is not very comfortable," he remarked to his 74-year-old South Korean counterpart during the limousine drive from the airport to the capital. Clasping Kim Dae Jung's hands in a surprisingly touching show of warmth, he told...
...state--Prince Charles and George W. Bush. Of the three countries involved, Syria, which is supposedly a socialist republic, seems to be the only one that still observes the monarchical line of succession in unreconstructed form. Bashar Assad is in line for the top job simply because his elder brother was killed several years ago. The only other person claiming to be the true successor is Bashar's uncle, who is in exile somewhere in Europe, apparently laboring under the impression that he is some sort of Levantine William of Orange...