Word: texan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When legal and ethical questions began spinning around House majority leader Tom DeLay last year, President George W. Bush was publicly supportive. Privately, though, he questioned his fellow Texan's mojo. Bush had scored 10 points higher than DeLay in the Representative's district in 2004, and that was only after Bush had recorded a telephone message to help rally local Republicans. "I can't believe I had to do robocalls for him," the President said bitingly to an Oval Office visitor...
...number of students signed up for the HRC at this year’s Freshman Activities Fair, and one enthusiastic Texan freshman, Teddy R. Sachs ’09, has even supplied the insurgents with guns he stole from home over Thanksgiving...
...HOUSTON Texan men appreciate the understated style of Blancpain's GMT Anniversary Alarm...
...around the female minister who had just delivered a sermon on loving one's oppressor. Joined by Laura Bush and U.S. evangelist Luis Palau--and a smiling choir to boot--Bush insisted that the Chinese government "not fear Christians." The President, often portrayed abroad as an arrogant Texan bully, had found a more appealing niche: a sightseer with a higher purpose...
...more intriguing: Where will we find the next great oil discovery to rival such gushers as Alaska's North Slope or Britain's North Sea? One might think the giant oil companies have the answer. But the biggest customers of all are turning to a 79-year-old Texan who operates like the Indiana Jones of the oil patch. Gene Van Dyke is one of the last of the wildcatters, independent operators who roam jungles and deserts looking for black gold. He has become the man to see if you need millions of barrels of crude...