Word: patting
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Apprised of Gingrich's pique, Dole takes the Speaker aside for a huddle in the Senate cloakroom. "It didn't take much more than a pat on the head and a few words assuring Newt that he's still in charge," says a congressional aide privy to the conversation--although the soothed Newt is reported to have exploded again at the start of the White House meeting when he said, "You've got a chicken-shit operation here, Mr. President...
Cassovia head coach Ivan "The Terrible" Vostko--the Pat Riley of Slovakia--expressed disclaim for the American style of play...
Alan Keyes was the big surprise in Florida's Republican straw poll on Saturday, taking 266 votes, or 8 percent of the vote, nearly as much support as fellow anti-abortion candidate Pat Buchanan drew. GOP frontrunner Bob Dole won the heat with 1,104 votes, or 33 percent of the vote to Phil Gramm's 26 percent second place showing (869 votes). Lamar Alexander, who garnered a respectable 749 votes, or 22 percent, was quick to claim he's gaining on Dole. Keyes, an African American radio personality and former Reagan Administration official, impressed many delegates with his fiery...
...Pat Riley Outdone--Forget Three-Peat, It's Time for Six-Peat...
...Harvard squash program is one of the best collegiate programs in the country, and it looks like nothing much will change that assessment this coming year. Pat Riley won two straight NBA titles with the Lakers and called it a dynasty. One wonders what he would have called Harvard men's squash...