Word: texans
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...Bush's case, buying a ranch is even more significant. While he doesn't repudiate his New England heritage, he has always insisted that he is a Texan. Buying a ranch is a way of saying once and for all that he's a Texan, that his values are rural and instinctive rather than urban and intellectual, that he is his own man and not the prisoner of his family legacy. Owning a ranch is homage to a past that must be easier to honor than it would have been to live in. It's walking in the footsteps...
Everywhere you turned there was something brilliant happening. Texan Laura Wilkinson came from nowhere to win the platform diving on a broken foot. Chinese veteran Xiong Ni nailed his last dive to become the only man besides Greg Louganis to win back-to-back titles off the springboard. American volleyballers Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana kicked sand in Brazil's face at Bondi Beach. The softball and baseball tournaments were more competitive than ever. The U.S. batswomen lost thrice before storming back to win the gold, while the batsmen did the unprecedented, beating Cuba 4-0 for the title. Finally...
...budget Vietnam-era drama Tigerland (which opens in theaters this week) arrived nearly unnoticed. By the end it had emerged as the festival's biggest surprise, and its heretofore unknown star, Colin Farrell, 24, had critics using words like "James Dean" to describe his performance as Bozz, a rebellious Texan recruit who helps his boot-camp buddies in Fort Polk, La., avoid Vietnam combat. A native of Dublin, Ireland, who dropped out of high school to study acting, Farrell had no trouble trading his Irish accent for Bozz's Texas drawl, but he's finding it hard to keep...
Gore's initial response promised that the night would hold few fireworks. Gore stuck to his bread and butter strength--mastery of the issues--while Bush tried to be a straight-talking Texan...
...went back to the pool for some diving, and this Texan, Laura Wilkinson, came from way back to win the women's platform - on a broken foot! She broke it practicing six months ago and hasn't had surgery yet. She had to wear a special shoe just to climb the ladder. In the last dives, she was nearly perfect, and the Chinese and Canadians started doing belly flops and cannonballs. The crowd was moaning, the dives were so bad. Wilkinson won, and said the foot felt fine: "I'm so happy I don't feel a thing...