Word: loyalism
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...enormously successful president and was a very loyal and effective vice president,” Perkins said. “He did anything and everything that I either suggested or asked and did it extremely well,” said Perkins...
...train near the nation's capital. The feds had done more than nab a truck driver from Columbus, Ohio, who was leading what Ashcroft called "a secret double life," a man determined to wreak havoc right here in the U.S. They had turned one of Osama bin Laden's loyal foot soldiers into another breed entirely: double agent...
...terrorist group into talks on a cease-fire with Israel. But those talks are dragging on, and Abbas continues to have his own problems. Last week his security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, met with Abbas' rival Yasser Arafat, a senior Palestinian official tells TIME, and assured him that "I am loyal to you. I am willing to implement your orders." Dahlan seems to be playing both sides of the Abbas-Arafat feud to protect his interests. It's another sign that Abbas' hold on power is weak--and his chances of helping the road map by reining in the terrorists...
DIED. SIR DENIS THATCHER, 88, adoring, loyal husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; in London. A retired millionaire businessman, Thatcher often described himself as the most "shadowy husband of all times." He walked a step behind his wife of 52 years throughout her 11 years in office, calling himself her male consort. Thatcher, known for his right-wing views and blunt wit, was a golf addict who attributed his slim physique to "drink and cigarettes." Asked who wore the pants in the Thatcher home, he replied: "I do. And I wash and iron them...
...dangerous to confuse an actor with his movie roles. But by all accounts the reel and the real Gregory Peck were close kin. He was a model of probity, a loyal friend to colleagues in distress, a father confessor to the Hollywood community. He chaired the National Society of This, the American Academy of That. He was laden with official honors: Lyndon Johnson gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Richard Nixon put him on his Enemies List. Peck received perhaps his sweetest laurel last week when the reclusive Lee, on hearing of his death, said, "Gregory Peck...