Word: jim
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...phone, that his hospitalization was just a precaution; he hadn't had a heart attack, even though his own aides knew Cheney had actually had a stent placed in his artery and neglected to mention it. Asked about his next legal move, Bush referred to his legal eagles--"Jim Baker is in charge of the team in Florida, and he's doing a really good job down there"--as though he had no idea he was about to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...sure he hasn't slept through his wake-up call, Boies bounds through a day that begins at 5:30 with the three morning news shows, continues through legal and political strategy meetings and ends with an appearance on Nightline. At a dinner squeezed in after The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and before Larry King, he orders a hamburger with absolutely nothing on it, a fetish of the unapologetic red-meat eater who doesn't want so much as a sprig of parsley between the bun and the burger. While he likes chilled Mumm champagne and gourmet cuisine on bike...
That idea has struck a chord with some high-profile advocates. Last year Jim Baugh, CEO of Wilson Sporting Goods, raised $1 million from fellow manufacturers and spearheaded PE4Life, a national organization dedicated to promoting PE. A bill sponsored by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens that would provide $400 billion in funding for innovative PE programs is currently awaiting passage in Congress. And last summer President Clinton called on the departments of Education and Health and Human Services to produce a report on ways to address youth inactivity. The document--the first of its kind--is due to be released before...
...special session to happen, is more the deliberative type, in a traditionally more deliberative body, and spotlight-shy. Like Feeney, he's new to his post. "All I wanted was the next two years for people to get along," McKay lamented recently, according to his majority leader, Jim King. "Now, I'm in the position of being in the most partisan battle in our history...
...Gore wouldn't lob any Jim Baker-style grenades at the partisanship of the Court - the media would kill him for it. He'll just soberly, and correctly, insist that the Court ruled on his protest but not his contest (which lives on in the Florida courts at least through Saturday). His noble, selfless quest to "count all the votes" must continue for the good of democracy...