Word: wente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush went back into oil. He started hiring for his own company, Arbusto (Spanish for bush), raising money from a network of East Coast backers who were close to his father and uncle, money manager Jonathan Bush. Among them were drugstore tycoon Lewis Lehrman, who lost a bid for Governor of New York in 1982; venture capitalist William H. Draper III, who would become president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank during the Reagan Administration; and Celanese CEO John Macomber, who later landed the same post...
...fall. Joe and Jan O'Neill (she was also nearing 40) were there as well. The men made for the links--"George plays golf like it was soccer," says O'Neill, "chasing after the ball and trying to hit it again before it stops rolling"--and everyone went to chapel at the Air Force Academy. One night Neil Bush came in from Denver for dinner, and the friends stayed up late, laughing and drinking...
When Bush read the comment that his eldest would at last be ushered into "the big leagues" by campaigning in Iowa, he managed a wry smile. "Both boys have seen it all up close," he said. "They went through a tough time in 1992 with me. They felt my defeat. They fought back. They stood loyally with me. That conditioned them. They know how tough it can be. And they are both better equipped for it. George W. will never be complacent. He's seen things go up, he's seen things go down...
...truth of Bush's words was on display all last week in Houston as the birthday celebrations went on with kids and grandkids and friends and entertainers and power seekers from all over the world. Wherever the Bushes congregated, they were rarely in family huddles; but when you watched, they seemed always to be connected--with a gesture, a glance, a joke from the podium, the President laughing at whatever lame jest one of the kids made, Barbara surveying everybody's manners...
...think it's a bad market for quality companies," says Jay Walker, founder of Priceline.com a money-losing e-commerce site whose value soared 10-fold, to $23 billion, a month after its March IPO and is now at $13 billion. "If eBay went out today, it would still soar. But the fantasy stocks are back where they belong. People are looking for real traction, real sales, real growth." And maybe a little panache...