Word: woos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton hopes to woo Nunn with promises of additional cuts that he says Al Gore will propose this fall when he unveils his scheme for "reinventing government." "There are more cuts coming," Clinton told TIME. If that doesn't work, Clinton will try party loyalty. "They aren't going to get Nunn or Johnston," said a Democratic Senator, "unless it's clear that it's going to fail without them...
...ANGELES -- Celebrity profiles regularly read like glorified press releases, but Vanity Fair may have taken the concept a bit too far. The magazine's August issue contains a brief but gushing piece on director John Woo written by David Chute. Chute just happens to have been the unit publicist for Woo's forthcoming action film, Hard Target. In his story Chute quotes people who compare Woo to Sergio Leone, Michelangelo and Martin Scorsese. Although Woo is considered by many critics to be a talented filmmaker, the author's link to the movie isn't brought up in the piece. Chute...
Many citizens of Los Angeles felt as strongly last week that a Perot clone had arrived in city hall. Immediately after conservative millionaire Riordan won his first election by defeating liberal city councilman Michael Woo 54% to 46%, he was already displaying a get-under-the-hood-and fix-it itchiness. He flew to Sacramento to start hammering state politicians for help in reducing the city's budget deficit, which may reach $500 million this year. He declared he would solve problems by using "simple management techniques," and he did not apologize for pouring $6 million of his own money...
During the campaign, Woo made much of Riordan's former membership in a restricted Los Angeles country club, his slashing of jobs at companies he downsized, and three alcohol-related arrests in his distant past. Riordan defenders, however, point to his proved compassion. "The millions of dollars he's contributed to schools and the poor over the years could not have been a calculation," admitted state senator Art Torres, a Woo ally. "Dick Riordan has heart." Los Angeles has to hope it's a big one. The fractured city, whose citizens still grimace at the recollection of that videotaped beating...
...after it was shaken by riots, Los Angeles got its first Republican mayor since 1961. Richard Riordan, a rich businessman who financed his campaign largely out of his own pocket, won 54% of the vote -- in a city where George Bush won only 22% -- to defeat city councilman Michael Woo, a liberal Democrat endorsed by Clinton. Riordan will succeed five-term Mayor Tom Bradley, who was elected by a bi-racial coalition that Woo had hoped would carry him to office as well. Riordan's base is among white voters attracted by his promise to make L.A. safe and thus...