Word: mauro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think that some obscure Democrat running for Governor of Texas and 50 percentage points behind in the polls wouldn't be able to corral a lot of high-class national Democratic talent to help in his campaign. But land commissioner GARRY MAURO, who announces his candidacy for the Lone Star State governorship this week, attracted some pretty impressive folks to his book-signing soiree in Washington not too long ago. We're talking fellow authors Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as best-selling scribe Al Gore. In addition, the First Lady has played host at a fund-raising dinner...
Bullock has praised Bush in the past and suggested that anyone who takes on the popular Governor will be on a "kamikaze mission." That includes, says Bullock, Democratic land commissioner GARRY MAURO, who is reported to be poised to enter the race, and to whom Bullock donated $1,000 earlier this year...
...whole piece sort of works towards the grand finale," Fisk said to introduce Mauro Giuliani's Rossiniana No. 1. Indeed, this setting of themes primarily drawn from 'Italiana in Algiri., fraught with acrobatics through which Fisk easily maneuvered, spent a third of its time reaching a long-sought conclusion. Though it resisted breaking into opera for the most part, the Giuliani did finally have the chance to simulate a Rossiniesque stampeding finale on the guitar...
...songwriter has changed course again with David Byrne, an album that resurrects -- and redefines -- the skittering, stripped-down sound of the early Talking Heads. Backed by a nimble rock trio that includes percussionist Mauro Refosco on vibes and marimba, Byrne sings typically off-kilter vocals, yodeling and crooning, moving from anxious whispers to ululations of unfettered elation. The jerky, shifting beats and shimmering guitars evoke the buoyant mood of Talking Heads classics like Once in a Lifetime...
...watch fencers, especially his idol, Mauro Muna, van Leeuwen chooses to watch basketball. His favorite team is the Chicago Bulls ("I'm a band-wagonner," van Leeuwen explains). Yet if he had cable, he would be glued to soccer games...