Word: joe
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...himself heavily, putting aside the seniority rules to install committee chairmen loyal to him and denying his assistance as a fund raiser to House members who broke discipline on important votes. No journalist's story about him was complete until it described him as the most powerful Speaker since Joe Cannon of Illinois in the early years of this century...
...message stalled with the larger electorate. Lately he's a one-man version of the helpless superpower. The Contract with America is a suspended agreement, and Gingrich has the kind of approval ratings only Timothy McVeigh can envy. It can't give Gingrich much comfort to recall that Joe Cannon ended badly, getting kicked off the House Rules Committee...
...Blockbuster Entertainment empire. But that business was never plagued by fickle fans or soaring team salaries that can fly off with profits. "This won't be a growth stock like Blockbuster," Huizenga acknowledges. "Investing will be a matter of pride. We're trying to build community spirit and get Joe Fan to rally around the team...
Just because NASTASSJA KINSKI has made an action movie (Terminal Velocity) and is starring in a film originally conceived by schlock-hack Joe Eszterhas, don't think she has lost her art-house intensity. One Night Stand, which also stars WESLEY SNIPES, may sound like the name of a Showgirls sequel, but according to Kinski, it ain't so. "The title is fooling us," Kinski says. "This is an important film. It has to do with a man and a woman. It has to do with what we all look for in our lives." Besides, Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas...
...building I was in was hit by a small tornado. Although I escaped without any physical injury, I doubt I'll ever again enjoy a lightning display without wondering if there is a tornado with my name on it lurking in the storm. I wonder if Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey, who played tug-of-war with a tornado in Arkansas, feels the same way. DAN STEWART Ashburn, Virginia Via E-mail...