Word: machos
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...spectrum of Indian voters?and his party looks set to cash in on that appeal by calling general elections as early as April, five months before the scheduled date. The BJP is counting on Vajpayee's enhanced stature to project a drastically new image for itself. The party of macho Hindu nationalism, which stunned the world by testing a nuclear bomb in 1998, is now portraying itself as Vajpayee's party?the party of moderation, economic growth and peace. It's a dramatic makeover for a political outfit with a renegade past, and it has left many Indians wondering...
...nickname stuck. That's how he signed his letters home from Baghdad. His early missives have the tone of a jokester writing to a friend, not to a worried mom back in Pine Bluff, Ark. They open with "Dear Chocolate"--his name for her--and include macho tales of his refusal to duck while under fire, followed by admonitions not to worry. He cracks jokes about how insurgents once lobbed rockets at his unit's base as the soldiers lay in bed. "My son," says Catherine, "has a weird sense of humor...
...major combat operations" in Iraq--seemed brilliant at the time, a powerful image of a triumphant Commander in Chief, a grateful recognition of the armed forces' resolve and an ideal subject for a 30-second campaign spot. But the event was too contrived, Bush's swagger too macho and his message way too premature. As U.S. soldiers continued to die in Iraq over the summer and fall, the President's perfect photo-op turned into perfect fodder for his opponents. When footage of Bush on the carrier did turn up in a TV ad, it was used by a Democrat...
Thanks to low-carbohydrate diets like Atkins, beef jerky is in the midst of a Chanel-bag-like revival. Cathy Sturm of Wisconsin-based Jack Link's Beef Jerky says manufacturers are winning over women and children to the macho snack with softer, tenderer products such as jerky nuggets and more sophisticated flavors like Hawaiian teriyaki. There is even a vegetarian option: meatless jerky made from mushrooms or soybeans. Niman Ranch, whose meats adorn plates at such acclaimed restaurants as Gramercy Tavern and Chez Panisse, has started selling steak jerky for $29 per 9 oz. in the Williams-Sonoma catalog...
...what every macho lawyer wants to be. The only difference is, she's a chick." GERRY GOLDSTEIN, San Antonio, Texas, defense lawyer, on Pamela Mackey, the attorney defending Kobe Bryant against a charge of rape...