Word: gingriched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turns out, however, that Gingrich has had plenty else to keep him busy and engage the idea-a-minute side of him that so often exasperated his colleagues when he was running the House. The most unlikely reincarnation of the paunchy ex-lawmaker is as a zealous advocate of the virtues of a low-fat diet, exercise and stress management. Although he is occasionally seen at a downtown Washington health club, no one would call him buff--he is still carrying the legacy of too many cheeseburgers and Fritos from the Capitol basement takeout. But that has not prevented...
...that two-thirds of the seats around the table were empty. The question at hand: health care and, specifically, how emotions affect organic processes. When the visiting authority launched into a scientific explanation of why panic constricts the arteries, the other one cut him off. "First of all," Newt Gingrich interrupted, "you have to tell them about petting bunnies...
...When Gingrich resigned as House Speaker a year ago, the only thing that seemed certain was that the world had not heard the last of the heat-seeking former backbencher who toppled the Capitol in 1994. But these days when he makes the papers, it is mostly with the details of his messy divorce from wife Marianne (last week's testimony: his affair with congressional aide Callista Bisek began two years before Bill Clinton met Monica) or with the latest sighting of the lovebirds canoodling over pricey wine...
While withdrawing from the public eye, Gingrich is still working behind-the-scenes to influence policy...
...founded a political action committee, Friends of Newt Gingrich, that is gathering support for Republican candidates in next year's elections...