Word: houston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...behind me, George. A while ago, I almost believed those press reports that you didn't think I had the discipline to manage Pentagon reform after I rammed Ron's defense buildup through the Senate. You know, George, if the stink about my seeing that Russian woman down in Houston taught me anything, it's that sometimes it's better to have a little restraint, even if it means turning down a piece...
Bush and Baker first met in Houston more than 30 years ago. They were a fairly successful tennis duo at the posh Houston Country Club, and when Bush ran unsuccessfully for Congress, Baker's first wife, Mary Stuart, was an around-the-clock volunteer. Later, when Mary Stuart lay dying of cancer in 1970, George and Barbara Bush spent hours at the hospital. Says Vic Gold: "There is just no way to exaggerate the bond created during a crisis like that...
...Bush was charging ahead without a mathematical chance of overtaking Reagan. With the candidate on the road, Baker virtually yanked him from the race by confirming to reporters that the Bush effort in California was a scam. Bush was furious and convened a senior staff meeting in Houston. The candidate, like all candidates, could not have cared less about the math. He wanted to continue. Baker had a different concern. He knew Reagan would be "terminally ticked off" if Bush pressed ahead into California, Reagan's home state...
Gold notes something else about the Baker method. "Bush is not manageable in the ordinary sense," says Gold. "You have to be extremely tactful to get him to go along with something. He likes his prerogatives. So down in Houston, Jimmy had a bunch of us there who agreed with him about George's dropping out. He didn't need us there, but spreading the burden was important for Jimmy's continuing relationship with George...
...With the huge profits to be made, gunrunners are flooding the market," laments federal firearms agent Phil Chojnacki in Houston. "You take off one group, and another springs up." In fact, the markup on black-market firearms is not bad. A .357-cal. magnum that sells for $250 in a Dallas gun shop will bring $700 on the streets of New York. Just $300 will buy a semiautomatic in Florida, which can be sold at the Northern end of the pipeline for $1,000 or more...