Word: oles
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John, Jimmy, George, Teddy? Good ole' American names for a good ole' American job: the president of the United States. It's almost November of an election year and the two candidates for highest office this time are Bill and Bob. Their names are not their only similarity, however; they simply bring home the fact that our president has always been a white Christian heterosexual male person. What are the odds that we will see one of those four adjectives change in our lifetime...
...bite your lip. Dole rehearsed in the first-floor ballroom of his condominium building, where the campaign set up a stage bathed in TV lights. Aides sat at a table to the side, using flashlights to signal when time was up. Playing Clinton was former actor and good ole boy Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. Dole was getting advice from so many people that one suggested too many cooks were at work. Main advice to Dole: Be relaxed, listen to the questions and try to pin Clinton down. And don't glower...
Like Dan Morales, Moore is one of the Davids wielding the slingshots against the tobacco Goliath. In 1994 he filed the first lawsuit by a state seeking to recoup the cost of health care for smoking-related illness. In spite of his professed wonderment that "little ole Mississippi" has taken the lead, it's fully in character for this aggressive and self-promoting prosecutor who got his start battling Gulf Coast corruption, and personally packed a gun to go on a drug raid. Moore, probably the most popular elected official in his state right now, is considering...
...your coverage of the Atlanta Olympics, you failed to mention the in-your-face commercialism that abounded there (heck, the Olympic torch was burning out of a stylized McDonald's French fries carton). The opening ceremonies with pickup trucks and a good-ole-boy theme and the U.S.'s win-at-any-cost attitude all combined to make what was supposed to be the Centennial Olympics a joke. LUIGI PALAZZINI St. Leonard, Canada...
...hockey by playing to a 0-0 tie. When an Indonesian pair beat a Malaysian duo in a stirring, come-from-behind victory in men's badminton, scores of Indonesians lent their voices to a rendition of their jaunty national anthem, while Malaysians joined in the cheers, and good ole boys marveled at the speed and excitement of the game. "That was awesome," said an Atlantan. "There must be a billion people watching this around the world. It's bigger than the Super Bowl...