Word: mansion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...State. But he may be surprised to find a very different - and more divided - Republican Party from the one he left behind eight years ago. Rural conservatives in the party are losing clout to more moderate and urban forces, while a potentially nasty internal battle for the governor's mansion in 2010 is brewing...
...talk of Texas politicos these days, in fact, centers on another politician returning home from the nation's capital, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. The two-term Republican senior Senator has her eye on the governor's mansion, currently held by Republican Rick Perry, who has already announced his intention to run for re-election, to an unprecedented third full term. (See pictures of President George W. Bush...
...hopeful note, Los Angeles' Playboy Mansion, Shangri-la for so many 22-year-old males, seems safe for now. As one staffer puts it, "I can't imagine a scenario in which the mansion does not survive...
...perks of White House living is getting to see current movies in the comfort of your own stately mansion. Which brings up the question, What will the new First Family select for its first screening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Steven Soderbergh's five-hour epic Che? Doubtful. My money is on Hotel for Dogs, a resolutely chirpy, exceedingly safe family film aimed squarely and shamelessly at Malia and Sasha Obama's puppy-loving demographic. (See pictures of presidential First Dogs...
...long run, Bush clearly believes, the gaze of history will settle a few hundred yards to the southeast of the Miracle on the Hudson, on the spot where jets hammered skyscrapers and there were no happy endings. Speaking for the last time from the President's mansion, Bush recalled that his first such speech was on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001. An easy trick for his speechwriters would have been to toss in a few lines about the skill and courage of his countrymen on the plane in the river, but Bush decided not to go there...