Word: gordon
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...Labour Party, which convened on Sept. 23-27 in Bournemouth, a town on England's southwest coast, are disappointed. Drink was taken in copious quantities, and the weather put on quite a show: there was sunshine, dramatic cloudbursts and even a rainbow over the convention center as Prime Minister Gordon Brown made his speech. Yet something was missing: the chance to blow off steam by trading insults or even blows with colleagues. An unfamiliar spirit of universal amity took the edge off debates that in earlier years might have degenerated into cathartic screaming matches. Sheltering from a sudden downpour...
...allayed those concerns. Labour's standing has been boosted by Brown's competent handling of terror attacks in London and Glasgow and an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The Prime Minister's stolidity, perceived only a few months ago as weakness, now reads like strength. "Not flash, just Gordon," runs Labour's latest slogan. In his convention speech - a doggedly uninspiring hour-long sermon bracketed by emotional ovations and punctuated by endearing verbal stumbles - Brown played up to his new image. "People say I am too serious and I fight too hard and maybe that's true," he said...
...their begging bowls upside down, a gesture that traditionally denotes excommunication but now also carries a political message: they want the junta out. After holding back for several days--during which support for the monks grew and world leaders like President George W. Bush and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized the regime--the generals finally snapped on Sept. 26, setting security forces against the marchers. At least two monks were reported killed and dozens tossed in jail. It was a chilling reminder of a 1988 crackdown on pro-democracy rallies that killed thousands. But just hours after...
Most remarkable, though, was the odd humility that marked our space enterprise. Yes, in the historical mirror, some of it seems overdone: the astronauts in silver space suits (when military green would have served just as well), shedding names like Virgil and Donald and Gordon for Gus and Deke and Gordo. But that was done with a cultural wink, one that belied the workmanlike ethos beneath the effort...
...less of a cause among lawmakers today than during the years of Ronald Reagan's comparatively modest defense-spending boom. "Almost every program the U.S. military is now buying takes longer to develop, costs more than predicted and usually doesn't meet the original specifications and requirements," says Gordon Adams, who oversaw military spending for the Office of Management and Budget during Bill Clinton's Administration...