Word: honest
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Angeles mayoral election: "A progressive 'Good Government' coalition - popularly, and a bit derisively, known as the Goo Goos - had nominated George Alexander, a former city supervisor. "Honest Uncle George" campaigned dressed up as Uncle Sam on a moralistic reform platform that promised to rid the freewheeling city of gamblers, prostitutes, and even the bewilderingly popular blind pig races...
...songwriting is going, it's possible. If you take it back 30 years or so, people were just talking about holding hands. Now lyrics have gotten so frank and so graphic and honest, and often very literal. Some of the stuff that goes down in R&B lyrics, to the 1980 ear it'd be absolutely unthinkable. I'm not saying that I'm ahead of my time, but it wouldn't surprise me if that line actually found more of a home in 20 years than it does...
...Jenkins.Last weekend against Holy Cross, the Raleigh, N.C. native made his first-ever collegiate start at running back and seemed to settle into the position quickly, rushing nine times for 34 yards. Fans saw flashes of brilliance, as the junior juked and cut back with ease, keeping the defense honest for the incredibly pass-heavy offense.“I would say the transition wasn’t as hard as you would think,” Jenkins says. “Because I played running back in high school, it’s more of a natural position...
...other top-level Obama campaign adviser was meeting behind closed doors with House or Senate members. And having Davis - a former lobbyist who is already under the microscope because of his firm's previous work for Freddie Mac - meeting with House members could undercut McCain's stance as an honest broker, especially considering he attacked Obama Friday for playing politics with the bailout negotiations...
...public school system. Let's be honest--it's full of liberal loons.' DANN DALTON, father of an 11-year-old Colorado boy who was suspended for wearing a T shirt with the slogan obama is a terrorist's best friend...