Word: jim
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...Cheney was a dedicated conservative, he was one of the pre-Gingrich variety, the kind who could vote against the Democrats all day and still abide by the old rules of cordiality toward the opposition, however much he grew to resent the autocratic leadership style of Jim Wright, the Democratic Speaker. When a young reporter asked Che-ney who was worth listening to among his House colleagues, he pointed her to Ron Dellums, a black Democrat from Oakland, Calif., who was far to the left of Cheney on just about everything. Whenever Dellums had the floor, Cheney told...
...What the foundation has done has really shaken up the entire public health world," said Instructor in Medicine Jim Y. Kim, the principal investigator for the grant. "Even a year ago no one would say we have to think about MDR-TB all over the world...but the Gates Foundation is taking...
Outside the "blue room," as it is called, Jerry Falwell, his face caked in makeup, tries to walk down a hallway leading to the Republican National Committee. A security guard named Jim, who has long hair that probably reminded Falwell of something a little uncomfortable, stepped in front of him. In no uncertain terms, Jim says "No." "Ok, then," says Falwell, and he leaves. The guard's partner, Greg, comes walking up. "Boy, you ain't gonna be in Jerry's prayers tonight, Jim." To which Jim replies, "Not the first time...
...only time negotiations are successful is when the playing field is level," said councilor Jim Braude, who agreed with residents that the neighborhood needed time to evaluate the area. "All this moratorium does is level the playing field...
Four decades and five Oscars later, Baker, 49, is still making the impossible believable. In this week's Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Baker again transforms Eddie Murphy into the Klump clan. In November he helps Jim Carrey give a Bronx cheer to the holidays in Ron Howard's live-action comedy Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Next year Baker creates an entire simian society in a remake of Planet of the Apes, with Mark Wahlberg. Baker calls it "a film I was born...