Word: texans
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Even Colby has apparently turned, although the placid Texan may be in danger of confusing himself with his own machinations. Maybe with a little help from the editors, though, the plan took shape clearly enough: He's telling Jerri - who cornered him right after getting the post-meal cold shoulder from the chummy Barramundian Seven - that he's letting Keith and Tina think he's with them till the end, but really he's with Jerri and Amber. But really, he's with Keith and Tina, against Jerri and Amber - although can you trust a man wearing sunglasses to tell...
...president who has been to the parent-teacher night at the local high school. Despite his family name and his privileged education, Bush revels in the rituals of everyday life. When he said his farewell in the Texas senate, he said he is and will always be a Texan and broke into tears. Much of America may be conflicted about who he is, but he is not. His talent, as it's now easy to see looking back past the election to his years in Texas, is not campaigning but leadership. Just as he didn't think he was weak...
...Landry 75 The taciturn Texan coached Dallas' Cowboys to 270 wins...
...education, Bush's self-proclaimed first love, it's a Texan. Rod Paige is superintendent of schools in Houston and presumably one of the inspirations for Bush's own education dreams. Bush dusted off an old slogan for Paige on Friday, calling him a "reformer with results," and added that Paige has shown in Houston that "urban schools can be excellent schools." Oh, and he's black, which makes three in so far in the inner circle...
...here. This ranch, which he bought just a year ago, is a rich Texas symbol of achievement--what kids from the Midland dream of having. And it wasn't handed down. That ranch is all that he sees himself to be: rugged, real and thoroughly Texan. But Bush's persona at the ranch is also more than an act. He seems at peace in this place where he knows each tree and hollow...