Word: saws
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long after the last presidential campaign ended, if not always by Bush himself, then by those close to him. When the subject came up with their 5,000 closest friends, his parents suggested, ever so graciously, that they might not want to invest in any other candidates until they saw what young George was going to do. Michigan Governor John Engler, meanwhile, was recruiting a mighty power base among the nation's G.O.P. Governors, the only Republicans who got away with their shirts after the 1998 elections. From his nest down in Austin, campaign guru Karl Rove lured moneymen...
...McAninch's daughter frequently baby-sat for the Bushes' twin girls Barbara and Jenna, "and George would drive her home late at night, after his social events," McAninch says. "I never saw him drunk. If I had, I wouldn't have let him drive my girl." Charlie Younger, who jogged three or four miles with Bush most every day, allows that "George would have more fun than the average guy at the party." For Bush, it was too much fun. "I didn't drink every minute of the day," he says, "but I drank too much...
What did the Harken bosses see in Spectrum? Some productive oil wells, to be sure, but mostly they saw the son of the sitting Vice President. "His name was George Bush. That was worth the money they paid him," says Harken founder Phil Kendrick, who sold the company in 1983 but stayed on as a consultant. Whatever the motivation, it was liberating for Bush. He had money and no day job, a combination that let him accept an offer that had been lurking in the back of his mind for more than a year--a job that would provide action...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataPresumably, Greenspan will stop worrying too -? if he ever started. Many saw the Fed?s "bias shift" in May as a virtual rate hike, one that showed up in the market?s interest rates and took some steam out of stocks without the central bank?s actually having to do anything. Now, there are only two reasons for the Fed to raise rates at its June 29 meeting ?- to loosen up labor markets or simply to bare its teeth ?- and neither seems compelling enough for Alan & the Gang to act before the next meeting, in August...
...terms in society, with equal opportunities and rights. What used to be the agenda of the suffragists is in society today. But we are just beginning to see what women can do and how their creativity can enhance the policies and practices of any field or profession. I recently saw some figures showing that women in America are getting as many professional degrees as men. Wow, I thought, we can pull up our skirts and declare victory--if only parenting were considered the equal responsibility of men and society. That's the next step...