Word: texan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Would that the United States legal system abided by this standard of humanity and decency. On Monday, the Supreme Court refused a stay of execution for Jesse Dewayne Jacobs, a Texan who did not commit the murder of Etta Urdiales, for which he was tried and convicted in 1987. On Wednesday of this week, Jacobs was executed...
...political reincarnation. Since his party's dismal showing in the November elections, Clinton has moved deliberately toward the center, and last Thursday night's speech was his most dramatic course correction yet. Clinton made several proposals last week similar to ones he criticized Bush for making when the patrician Texan was trying to save his presidency. The G.O.P. enjoyed the show. Said Haley Barbour, the chairman of the Republican Party: "President Clinton shares with the hummingbird the amazing ability to turn 180 degrees in a wink...
...movie weaves its little stories into this big scene. A designer (Anouk Aimee) fights a takeover by a Texan (Lyle Lovett). A photographer (Stephen Rea) toys with three magazine editors (Linda Hunt, Sally Kellerman, Tracey Ullman). Two reporters (Tim Robbins and Julia Roberts in a nice little sketch) cover the story from their hotel bedroom. Two handsome Italians (Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni) replay an old love affair. And a FAD-TV reporter (Kim Basinger) chirpily reports every outrage on the runways and in the salons...
Gingrich's Armey: A tough-talking Texan rises...
Richards was trailing challenger George W. Bush, son of the former president, by 4 points as of Thursday night, according to Texan N. Van Taylor...