Word: odd
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Early on, jokes about the pair began turning up in Bush-family monologues. Barbara Bush dubbed them the odd couple. After Bush allowed as how he might be the father Clinton never really had, Florida Governor Jeb Bush referred to Clinton as "Bro." Bush 43 joined in too, telling guests at a private white-tie dinner that when Clinton woke up from his March operation, he was "surrounded by his loved ones: Hillary, Chelsea...
...powers of persuasion: the Administration of George W. Bush. When Bush took office in 2001, development groups presumed that debt, AIDS and trade for Africa would be at the bottom of his agenda, largely because Bush said they would be. But Bono had forged too many productive odd pairings to simply give up. And as it turned out, a few White House doors were already open...
...Harvard never established a rhythm highlighting its speed, which has been the team’s bread and butter in victories past. “We really wanted to focus on getting the pucks in the corners, protecting the pucks, and not having any turnovers that results in odd-man rushes,” said Dartmouth forward Rob Pritchard, who notched the first two goals of his collegiate career in the second period. And the Big Green did it all, though Donato said the loss had less to do with particular plays and “more to do with...
...works shown in public by French painter Henri Rousseau (1844-1910). The artist's flat, hard-edged style and singular imagination owed nothing to anybody. His pictures could be ordinary or outrageous: he depicted the bourgeoisie wearing their Sunday best and he painted mysterious women naked in jungles. The odd and the commonplace co-existed inside his head: he never went nearer a tropical forest than Paris' Botanic Gardens, and for much of his life combined painting with the humdrum work of a tax collector. "Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris," at Tate Modern until Feb. 5, is the first major...
...friend you’re shamelessly hitting on: Tickets to “The Odd Couple” on Broadway. Neil Simon’s writing, Joe Mantello’s direction (“Wicked”), and the star power of Matthew Broderick and gay icon Nathan Lane make this sure to be a fantastic show. And with ticket prices of $100, your generosity will either sway your crush into switching sides, or just provide a profoundly ironic line on your credit card statement...