Word: phil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GEORGE BUSH LOOKED WITHDRAWN AND UNCERtain as he privately discussed urban policy with a trusted adviser outside government. Hard-nosed conservatives like Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, Bush confided, were urging him to take advantage of the Los Angeles riots by emphasizing law and order and resisting new spending, both of which would appeal to white suburban voters. Other Republicans, meanwhile, were demanding more money for a market-oriented war against poverty. Exasperated, Bush asked, "What am I supposed...
While some guards criticized management, alager number praised their leaders and Dawling inparticular. "I have never seen racial problems inalmost six years here," said Phil Hajra, a guardin Claverly Hall who is originally from France."Bob Dowling is a good man, a man you respect...
...Venezia and the America 3 were overhauled yet again before the finals began. The U.S. boat's keel, fin and rudder were removed and adjusted for the calmer weather that has been prevailing around San Diego. "We recognized that we were a bit susceptible in those conditions," says Phil Kaiko, one of the boat's designers. "We've decided to slant ourselves in that direction...
...Phil Beuth, ABC president for early morning and late night entertainment, echoed Gibson's comment...
...baby-boomer audience. "For a guy who knows all the words to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, you're starting to sound an awful lot like Pat Boone," says Murphy. Or: "I've been carrying this kid for longer than Bonanza was on the air." At Phil's, the wateringhole where Washington's movers and shakers supposedly mingle, the running gags about famous patrons ("I keep telling Koppel to stop bringing in that garbage") amount to little more than idle name dropping...