Word: texan
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...Republicans are not uncommon," claims Global Exchange spokesman Jason Mark. He recalls with fondness a Texan who broke into God Bless America during a Cuba tour. "The Cubans groaned, and he demanded to know 'What's the problem? God or America?'" The trips have been known to provoke participants to activism. Two participants on a Global Exchange trip to Haiti afterward moved to the island to volunteer for charitable projects...
This was the year Armstrong got cocky, the year he became the gentleman gunslinger. Back in the early '90s, he was a straight-talking, middling Texan toughing it out in a European sport. Then he got cancer, which changed his life and his body. The treatment oddly reshaped his muscles for climbing, the most crucial part of the Tour de France. He taught himself how to cycle, not just ride a bike. That led to last July, when he became a two-time Tour de France champion, and the kind of comeback story of which HBO movie producers dream...
Texas, we are proud to report, ranks No. 1 in the country for animal-waste production, creating an estimated 280 billion lbs. of manure annually, which is twice as much manure as California, the No. 2 state, and comes to 40 lbs. of manure per Texan per day. The state is covered in glory...
Barring some unforeseen disaster, Lance Armstrong will win his third Tour de France Sunday. The 29-year-old Texan will once again be photographed riding down the Champs Elysees, fingers pointed skyward, something between relief and joy playing across his gaunt features. As of Friday, Armstrong held a virtually insurmountable 5-minute lead over his closest rival...
...remorse. But it was deposed committee head Phil Gramm, going next as the top Republican, who voiced the defense Greenspan must have in his head when lawmakers start carping. Gramm got a vigorous nod from Greenspan - and a big laugh from the room - when the tax-cutting Texan delivered the pungent-analysis quote...