Word: texan
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...wartime President by one simple criterion. He basically told the Secretary of Defense, Please fight and please win. He set no constraints. And by these lights, I rate George Bush very highly. Whether it is because of the simplicity, the stark nature of Sept. 11 or because of Texan pugnacity, I know not which, but he has acted right...
Since George W. Bush took over the White House, Blair has founded his foreign policy on achieving trust with Washington's new gang of Texan-accented unilateralists. He disagrees with Bush on many topics, from the Kyoto climate change accords to how hard to lean on Israel. But he figured the place to influence this self-absorbed bunch was from inside, so he noisily backed Bush on nuclear missile defense and told Europeans to take the idea seriously...
...will retire came as a surprise to most of his colleagues. But it has been clear to those around him that Armey hasn't been having much fun. The conservative Republican was beaten down and marginalized in his behind-the-scenes power struggle with majority whip (and fellow Texan) Tom DeLay, and has been edged aside in the day-to-day House operation by Speaker Denny Hastert, who is more engaged than predecessor Newt Gingrich...
...army before succeeding his father as Sultan of Perlis last year. His election has no political significance; the ceremonial crown is rotated among royalty every five years. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED. Of DICK ARMEY, 65, the House of Representatives Republican majority leader since 1995; in Washington, D.C. Armey, extolled by fellow Texan George W. Bush for his tax-cutting agenda, will step down after completing his term in January 2003. AWARDED. SHAHNAZ BOKHARI, 45, a Pakistani psychologist and publisher, the Weimar's Human Rights Prize for sheltering and tending to victims of domestic violence; in Weimar, Germany. Bokhari, outspoken about women...
...murder people." But others who wrote were simply tired of seeing the face of al-Qaeda's leader. "You continue to give this insect the notoriety he seeks as a terrorist," wrote a Coloradan. "Be creative and accentuate the positive for a bloody change!" And a Texan could not have been more blunt: "If I see one more cover of TIME with bin Laden's face on it, I honestly think I'm going...