Word: groupe
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Euphoria, of course, is a fleeting thing for a family of five locked inside a speeding vehicle (for the record, always within posted state limits). And like most families, we are a diverse group. Our eldest, Emily, is blissfully inclined toward reading, crafting and almost any do-it-yourself project. Six-year-old Zack is apt to need outward stimulation--like playing arena football in the car. And Abby, our toddler in tow, is still of an age when keeping the eyes busy and the stomach full is the best you can reasonably hope for when sleep won't come...
...while, hammers were ringing and saws whining at the new stadium in Arlington. The Ballpark fulfilled Bush's desire to do One Big Thing for Texas. Bush also knew it was increasing the value of his Rangers holdings, though he didn't realize how drastically. When his group sold the Rangers in 1998, Bush's initial $500,000 investment paid him almost $15 million. He had finally followed his dad's rule: Provide for your family before stepping into politics...
...Dickey, Bush quit drinking. Soon after, he sold his ailing company for a miraculous profit and moved his family to Washington, where he worked on his father's 1988 presidential campaign and, he has said, "earned his spurs" in the old man's eyes. He helped put together the group that bought the Texas Rangers baseball team and plotted a run for Governor. It was as if someone had thrown a cosmic switch and his future came into focus. "Let's face it, George was not real happy [in Midland]," says oilman Joseph O'Neill, one of his closest friends...
...partisan hand-to-hand parliamentary combat, during the week?s blazing shootout over firearms. Democrats voted against the final bill because of a key NRA-backed provision -- approved by the slimmest of majorities -- which would have weakened existing restrictions on gun-show sales. They were joined by a group of conservative Republicans who objected to almost all the measure?s provisions. Though some resuscitation of gun control might still be possible in conference negotiations with the Senate, which last month passed gun-show and other controls, Friday?s House outcome left the issue a legislative corpse for the moment...
...Samaranch?s speech is nothing surprising," says Robert Sullivan, who has covered the Olympics for TIME. "The organization is an insular group and he is a stubborn man who is not someone to change things." Many observers believe that change will eventually be forced on the Olympics for commercial reasons. "A number of major sponsors, concerned about their image, are still applying pressure," says Sullivan. Many of them intend to monitor the TV ratings for the 2000 games to see how much the public has soured on the Olympic movement. If the ratings drop significantly, says Sullivan, "that will...