Word: pete
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...Pete, the genius Basketball coach and teacher who died on Nov. 17 at 93, was the most lovable man I've ever met. In 1959 his University of California, Berkeley, team beat my West Virginia squad by a single point in the national championship game. The following year, I had the honor of playing for Pete in the Olympics. We won gold, and I realized how special he was. He just had a way of lifting everyone around...
...Prevailed against beer brewer Pete Coors to become the only red-state Democrat to win a first term in the Senate...
...punk rockers Fall Out Boy get ready to release their fifth studio album, Folie à Deux, bassist Pete Wentz talked to TIME about his love for fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama, why he used to hate Led Zeppelin and naming his child Bronx Mowgli...
...half of the federal budget that goes toward Social Security, Medicare and means-tested entitlements. Complicating the matter for House Democratic leaders is the lack of an obvious successor for Rangel at this time of economic turmoil. The next in line for the post by seniority is California Congressman Pete Stark, one of the most liberal and hotheaded members of Congress. He has been known to challenge other members of the committee to fight him and once called a Republican colleague a "little wimp" and a "fruitcake." (See the Top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...This is as ugly as it gets.' REPRESENTATIVE PETE HOEKSTRA, of the House Intelligence Committee, calling for an investigation into the cia's participation in and alleged cover-up of a 2001 attack on a U.S. missionary plane in Peru...