Word: rodeoing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...these critics may be underestimating his strengths. As with Hillary Clinton, this is not his first rodeo (a phrase that rolls smoothly in his accent). Like Barack Obama, he is poised and compelling. Like Rudy Giuliani, he can fall back on bold self-confidence in the face of tricky questions. Like John McCain, he can appeal to independents. And like George W. Bush in 2000, he presents a decided equanimity toward his future. As he told an interviewer, "One advantage you have in not having this as [a] lifelong ambition is that if it turns out that your calculation...
...Institute, a gay think tank at UCLA, Dallas has the ninth largest concentration of same-sex couples in the nation. As the Dallas visitors bureau gurgles, "[Dallas] has left behind stereotypes of big-haired women and rowdy cowboys--that is, unless you count sassy drag queens and strapping gay rodeo champs...
...TIME. Back then she seemed on top of the world, and The Greatest Show on Earth was still to come. But soon she hit the Down button, and her stock fell as fast as it rose. The DeMille circus spectacular was her last major movie. She took a rodeo to Broadway (for three weeks), headlined the first big original musical for television (some considered it a fiasco) and in 1959 fronted a one-season sitcom (where her domineering attitude had other actors referring to her as Nero). Still in her 30s, she was essentially kaput in show business...
...have a big party planned for them, always a big secret,” Heinsman said. “Last year we had a real authentic rodeo with piglet wrestling...
...each day to make morning practice and often does not get home until 7 p.m. on weeknights. Weekends are spent traveling the country to do performances, such as the upcoming halftime show at the Army-Navy men's basketball game on January 21. "The crowd always loves the 'rodeo,' where you're bouncing on your butt. They always find that fascinating," notes team member Krishinda Lee, 22, who is a junior at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill...