Word: texan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kicked off an 11th-hour meeting last Monday night with Clinton by refusing to let McCurry attend the parley unless the Speaker's own press secretary could be present. Tempers quickly flared inside the Cabinet Room. When Clinton pointed a finger at House majority leader Dick Armey, the Texan complained, "Perhaps it's my Western upbringing, but I don't listen very well when someone's pointing a finger in my face." The President retorted with his own lesson in etiquette. Dredging up Armey's attack on Hillary Clinton during last year's health-care debate, he said, "I never...
Gramm is often compared to the late John Connally, another brash Texan with a gift for gab. Yet that comparison ill serves Connally's reputation. Connally was the lousiest of candidates (his $12 million run for the 1980 G.O.P. nod netted him only one delegate) but nobody ever described him as too small for the presidency, which is exactly how many who know Gramm speak...
...what if Gramm confounds the pols and pundits and captures the nomination? "Well," chuckles Dole, reflecting a view of Gramm shared by many of the Texan's Senate colleagues, "I wouldn't go out and commit suicide. But if I wanted to, I'd probably have to join a long line...
...world champion in both the 200 and 400 meters? If not, then Johnson would be faced with the impossible task of running in three races on Monday, July 29, and then, two days later, in the 400 final and the 200 semifinal. At stake for the 28-year-old Texan is the chance to do what no athlete has ever done: win the Olympic...
Daniel S. Cohan '98 said that although he is a Texan, the spring event was his first real country dancing experience...