Word: texans
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...most part, the founders of Giuliani Partners were as New York as breakfast at Barney Greengrass. One man stood out: Roy Bailey. He wasn't part of the city's revival or linked to its gutsy endurance. Bailey was a Texan, a Republican moneyman and a former finance chairman of the Texas G.O.P. and was therefore intimately familiar with the inner workings and deep pockets of the most awesome fund-raising operation in political history, the Bush network...
...reason for the business class upgrade? It's simple, at least according to Texan racing legend A.J. Foyt, who says it's all the big corporate sponsorship money. "It brought in all those Ivy League boys who like wine. I'm not into that crap. Wine, that...
...tensions in society. "Attitude Adjustment": Jessica Coggins ’08 is a women, gender, and sexuality concentrator in Cabot House. In spite of her contrarian and often bizarre musings, she still hopes the one thing people remember about her is that she’s a proud Texan. On alternate Thursdays her column will take a biting look at both national and campus trends. "Spilt Milk": Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 is a history and literature concentrator in Adams House. In her column, she will examine the collision of modern mores with conventional society. Incidentally, Caldwell only...
...Texan who religiously reads biographies of the likes of Sam Walton, Ted Turner and Richard Branson yet ends his e-mail messages, "DISCLAIMER: you will not win the rat race wearing Toms," Mycoskie had never worked in fashion. With a staff of seven full-time employees (including former Trovata designer John Whitledge), six sales reps and eight interns, he debuted a collection last June of 15 styles for men and women, as well as limited-edition artist versions. They quickly found their way into stores like American Rag and Fred Segal in Los Angeles, where Toms is based, and Scoop...
...that hurled Perot off the GM board of directors and into the headlines. At a session that Perot agreed to skip, the other members of the GM board voted unanimously to buy back his 11.3 million shares of company stock for $700 million. In effect, they told the brash Texan that he could take his money and his loud mouth and go away...