Word: coburn
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...weathered glint and a sawed-off Winchester rifle in his holster. As a bounty hunter with a stern personal code of ethics, McQueen did have something Hollywood could appreciate: star quality. The fun in this first-season DVD is watching him mix it up with other tyros--James Coburn, Warren Oates, Michael Landon--who would also soon learn how to commandeer the screen...
...this 1960 version of the Kurosawa classic. For a time, it upended the genre's concentration on noble or twisted loners; this was the first all-star western romp. It's in no way a terrific film; director John Sturges was a pedestrian showman. But to watch McQueen, Coburn, Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson and Eli Wallach fight for screen time is to see a fabulous showdown of egos--like Meet the Fockers, with six-guns instead of sex puns...
...imperial presidency" and saying that average Americans have had "a hard time getting a fair shake" in his courtroom. Republicans for the most part stuck to a recitation of Alito's unassailable credentials and the upbeat testimonials of colleagues and clerks-Republicans and Democrats alike. Only Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma went way off message, declaring that Alito's confirmation was about whether the United States should have ever legalized abortion-perhaps the last battle Republicans want this nomination to be about, given overwhelming popular support for legal abortion in the country...
...Meanwhile, Republican members of Congress, worried about wasteful spending, will continue their debate with the Bush administration over how to handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sen. Tom Coburn has asked Bush to appoint a CFO to monitor Katrina spending, Sen. Judd Gregg continues to call for a separate government agency to oversee Gulf Coast reconstruction and Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to create special Medicaid funding for Katrina victims. The administration has declined to support any of these proposals...
...Average cost per person a week, based on the ships' current occupancy rate, according to Senators Barack Obama and Tom Coburn...