Word: wannabee
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Charles Francis didn't grow up in Cody, but he knew the town from childhood summers at the nearby ranch of oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, a longtime family friend. He remembered Cody's "big-sky libertarian feeling" and theatrically Western spirit (the town was named for showman Buffalo Bill; wannabe...
Farley, meanwhile, was showing off the pearl-handled, .22-cal. revolver he had bought for $15 from a school friend two days earlier. Farley, like Sims, was an Eagle Scout, but now, wearing his gun in a shoulder holster, he looked more like an enforcer wannabe amid the anti-integration...
Americans want to slim down--or at least that's what they say until they get a craving for a cheeseburger and trundle off to the drive-through. So catering to diners' guilt might seem like a dumb move. But several restaurant chains are now aiming at the wannabe-svelte...
The Arnold Cultural Society, committed to honoring the movie star and wannabe California governor, joined with Harvard Men Against Rape and the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard in front of Rock Bottom on Church Street to express their dissatisfaction with the meager selection of student-friendly bars in the Square...
To fuel the nation's pop-star fantasies, there is Guitar Center. The country's largest retailer of musical instruments, with 113 stores in 30 states, Guitar Center provides the teeming ranks of wannabe musicians with guitars, keyboards and digital recording and mixing equipment. Although 2002 was a grim year...