Word: sr
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...There was a flap, no question about it,” Gates’ father, William H. Gates Sr., told the Boston Globe in 1998. “My son felt put upon by the Harvard administration’s attitude...
...term Georgia state senator Vincent Fort: "After Florida and four years of an extreme right-wing agenda, after seeing George W. Bush lay a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. and then turn around and go back to Washington and appoint a [Mississippi judge] Charles Pickering [Sr.] to the federal bench--I think the African-American voter will be energized." The anger remains strong, and no one has yet fully tapped into it. At the same time, African-American voters know that anger alone is not going to defeat George Bush...
...Dole was from nearby Kansas, so the race was for second. When Pat Robertson mobilized an army of Christian conservatives to give him a six-point win over George Bush Sr., the Vice President was badly gored...
...your neighbor—it’s probably impossible to do that politely,” Ms. Mannersmith maintains, recounting the story of one prominent Yalie’s vomit-related faux pas. Ms. Mannersmith’s final judgment on Bush Sr.’s throwing up on a Japanese dignitary while on tour in Japan? “He would’ve been better off throwing up on his wife than the prime minister.” Revellers who hobnob with dignitaries, beware—and stand far, far away...
...pension fund CalPERS and British fund USS demanded that 72-year-old chairman Rupert Murdoch resign because of his recent installation of his 30-year-old son James as chief executive. Critics say BSkyB is a family affair too close to the elder's News Corporation. Murdoch Sr. allowed that there was "a suspicion of possible nepotism" but said he's not leaving. "You have an arrogance ... that is completely appalling," said another investor, who envisioned decisions "being made over breakfast." But BSkyB won all resolutions. James can serve on the board, and a payout to ex-boss Tony Ball...