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Henry Hyde, the Illinois Congressman, got it right a few years ago. "Dick doesn't make you want to throw your shoes over the Riggs National Bank Building," he said. "But he makes you nod affirmatively when you're thinking about a cool, competent, smart guy with good judgment, and a conservative." There were a lot of affirmative nods last week, even among some Democrats, when George W. settled on Cheney. Like the elder George Bush, he has a serious resume, with stops at the White House, Congress and the Pentagon, plus a career that hit warp speed when...
...also gave us the obligatory personal-journey story. His generation, he noted over film footage of love-ins, was once the "if it feels good, do it" crowd. (A nice touch, since it doubled as an implied dig at President Clinton and as a nod to Bush's wild-boy past, which, face it, actually gives him a rakish bad-boy glow today.) Today, he said, they have become responsible: they've raised children, gotten careers, become leaders. That's why he ran for governor of Texas, Bush tells us. It's a colossally arrogant idea - that running a huge...
...stolen from honest owners. If, in fact, dealers were selling the majority of crime guns over the counter in face-to-face transactions with crooks' shills - some of whom clearly couldn't tell a revolver from a semi-automatic - then the entire industry might be accused of wink-and-nod profiteering, rank incompetence, or both. The trend is likely to escalate. Since it came online in 1998, the FBI's computerized National Instant Check System has foiled 130,000 gun buys by felons and other disqualified people, and that, says Delfay, "makes straw transactions much more critical...
...didn't pick Dick Cheney because of Wyoming's three electoral votes," Bush quipped, taking a preemptive poke at Gore. Cheney got the nod, Bush said, because the longtime pol would make an able backup and "a valuable partner" in a Bush administration. Message: This guy will be a heavy hitter, not a potted plant. It's about competence, not charisma. Even his wife, Lynn Cheney, was welcomed as an education reformer...
...group's sound has the jagged intensity of punk rockers such as Nirvana. Deejay Delgado's hip-hoppy contributions are often more atmospheric than overt. "If there's anything hip-hop about our band, it's that it's groove-oriented," says Moreno. "Every song we have you can nod your head to like you would to a hip-hop song. But to me, hip-hop is more of a culture. We grew up in a hip-hop environment. But as far as me using words like 'yo' in my lyrics, I'm not about that...