Word: vernon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thugs and the buttonmen--the ruthless James Carville, the self-righteous Paul Begala and the detestable ex-journalist Sid Blumenthal--all of whom treated politics as war and were ready to "go to the mattresses" at the drop of a subpoena. Adieu, gentlemen! And adieu, as well, to Vernon Jordan, the dapper consigliere; Albright and Reno, female bodyguards for the Little Rock Don; and George Stephanopoulos, lackey-turned-traitor-turned-pundit, who played Fredo to Clinton's Michael Corleone, and broke his brother's heart...
...still think welfare reform was unnecessarily brutal. In the end, his racial program came down to a mild defensive stance on affirmative action, the appointment of some high-profile people in the Cabinet and to lower federal jobs, being wonderful in black churches and playing golf with Vernon Jordan. But that was all window dressing, the easy stuff, and he never did much for poor black people. He signed a crime bill that made it very difficult for poor black guys who get caught in the maw. When the rubber hits the road, on stuff like welfare reform or crime...
Grace periods were designed for a more graceful period, so maybe Bill Clinton should have known that transitions count. By the time Inauguration Day rolled around, he'd already weathered questions about Vernon Jordan's ethics, Zoe Baird's nanny and his own publicly stated faith in a possible "deathbed conversion" by Saddam Hussein. And then there was the tardiness question: Would Clinton be on time for his own presidency? As official Washington held its breath and frazzled aides awaited their marching orders, the President teed up Issue...
...Admiral Vernon Clark, the Navy's Chief of Operations, contends that two people on a little boat are "extraordinarily difficult" to stop, does this mean he would be easily stumped by the tactics of an enemy submarine, an underwater demolition team or, heaven forbid, another warship? What does the admiral have to say about using a military attache with a cell phone to establish communications from the Cole after the blast? How did we end up with a U.S. warship that could not transmit an SOS! This is where unbelievable runs into inexcusable, which is really scary, because who knows...
...this class portrait, distinct personalities soon emerge: Nasia (Candace Evanofski), already aware of her gift for beguiling the opposite sex; Buddy (Curtis Cotton III), who looks ready to make a career of his heartbreak; the mismatched couple Vernon (Damian Jewan Lee), big and black, and Sonya (Rachael Handy), a runty blond; and George (Donald Holden), who has a soft head--he wears a helmet to protect his skull--and a warm heart. He sees a boy floating face down in a swimming pool and dives in to save him. Already racked by an inadvertent tragedy, George assigns himself the mission...