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...year career, Rove, 50, has worked on hundreds of Republican races throughout the country. So when Bush sits down with congressional leaders, he can nod at Rove and say, "You all know the Boy Genius," and they all do. (Bush's other nickname for Rove is less flattering: Turd Blossom.) Like some of his predecessors--Atwater, James Carville--Rove is turning into a Washington celebrity. When he and his wife Darby step out for dinner, maitre d's offer them private dining rooms. Strangers on the street ask for his autograph. Congressmen drop his name and quote things...
...busy streets of a downtown metropolis, when Bly and Tanto make off with high-performance race cars. The exhilaration of speed is upped another level by the addition of all manner of fatal obstacles including trailers, other cars and pedestrians. Sewer covers fly and, in a nod to Marilyn Monroe’s (in)famous moment, the wind left in the wake of the race cars causes a woman’s skirt to flutter upwards...
...year career, Rove, 50, has worked on hundreds of Republican races throughout the country. So when Bush sits down with congressional leaders, he can nod at Rove and say, "You all know the Boy Genius," and they all do. (Bush's other nickname for Rove is less flattering: Turd Blossom.) Like some of his predecessors - Atwater, James Carville - Rove is turning into a Washington celebrity. When he and his wife, Darby, step out for dinner, maître d's offer them private dining rooms. Strangers on the street ask for his autograph. Congressmen drop his name and quote things...
...Skinny: The second Pac-10 team on the list, the Huskies have sent Brunell, Dillon, Chandler and Kennedy to the Pro Bowl. Washington gets the nod over Tennessee (Peyton Manning, Jamal Lewis), Georgia (Terrell Davis, Mo Lewis, Champ Bailey) and Virginia (Aaron Brooks, Germane Crowell, Tiki Barber) for the final spot...
Coincidence? She didn't think so. One younger student, she said, had dutifully memorized the 10 "nonverbal communication skills" from our handout (vary your gaze, lean toward the patient, nod frequently, use hand gestures) and performed them all in rote sequence, prompting her concerned patient to ask, "Are you O.K., honey?" Another younger student, in a rush to get his patient's sexual history, asked her bluntly, "Do you have sex with men, women or both?" The grandmother of three, recovering from a heart condition, stared back dumbfounded...