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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...define her character. She will have to broaden her circle, trust her colleagues and take to heart the words of the man who managed to hold the job longer than anyone else in history. "You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you," Sam Rayburn once said, "unless you know how to follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pelosi Learns to Follow, Not Just Lead | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...vampire and a steamy love scene between Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve. Since then, Tony Scott has audaciously continued to hijack mainstream film. Now, he is reunited with Crimson Tide costar Denzel Washington for the story of Creasy, an alcoholic former Special Forces operative recruited by his old friend Rayburn (Christopher Walken) to guard Pita (Dakota Fanning), the young daughter of Mexico City businessman Samuel (Latin heartthrob Marc Anthony). Pita is kidnapped during a shootout with unknown assailants, and in response, Creasy begins his campaign to “do what I do best,” as he puts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happenings | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

...Scott is reunited with Tide costar Denzel Washington for the story of Creasy, an alcoholic former Special Forces operative recruited by his old friend Rayburn (Christopher Walken) to guard Pita (Dakota Fanning), the young daughter of Mexico City businessman Samuel (Latin heartthrob Marc Anthony...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Man on Fire | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...only the most noticeable evidence of the film’s flaws. Rayburn is never defined as a character. His story is hinted at but never shown, perhaps left on the cutting-room floor...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Man on Fire | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...before she gave the first of two damning testimonials to Congress, Enron vice president Sherron Watkins spent the afternoon in a cluttered conference room in the Rayburn House building on Capitol Hill. It was a cram session of sorts, a final chance for Watkins, her attorney and congressional staff members to review the dozens of subpoenaed documents she would be quizzed on the next morning. As they ate cold pizza, someone drew her attention to an e-mail titled "Confidential Employee Matter" that had been written by one of Enron's external lawyers. "Per your request," it began, "the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherron Watkins: The Party Crasher | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

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