Word: foley
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...dead about 10 years." Now he is. His reputation as a hard-boiled novelist is within spitting distance of Hammett's and Chandler's. And finally, Hollywood has discovered the man who wanted desperately to be in the movies. Three Thompson novels have recently become films: James Foley's broody After Dark, My Sweet, Maggie Greenwald's incompetent The Kill-Off and Stephen Frears' The Grifters...
...good laughs of the night came from humorist Dave Barry who, professing evenhandedness after some gibes aimed at White House chief of staff John Sununu, said, "I would now level an equally cheap shot at a high-ranking, influential Democrat -- if there were any." Speaker of the House Tom Foley laughed a little too hard. And on Friday when Bush visited three military bases in the South that had units in the gulf battle, there was an emotional intensity that topped anything Bush had ever encountered in this country...
Congressional efforts to face up to the war costs were, predictably, just as feeble. Leaders of both parties raced to distance themselves from talk of new taxes as if the words were poisoned. While House Speaker Thomas Foley asserted that "it would be a mistake to put this entire cost on the next generation," he saw no chance for a tax hike. "I don't think we can put it aside categorically and never, ever think about it," the Washington Democrat said. "But there are no plans. There is no discussion...
...move with or without the lawmakers' approval. Last week, after the failure of the Geneva talks between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, Congress took up the question of war and peace with a rare sense of urgency. Said Speaker of the House Thomas Foley: "This is a matter of enormous moment...
...contrast to the President's aggressive lobbying, the Democratic leadership took a more hands-off approach toward rank-and-file Congressmen. House Speaker Tom Foley argued that arm-twisting was not the right way to influence colleagues on what he termed "a matter of conscience," but that deferential stance probably cost antiwar Democrats precious votes...