Word: cowboy
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...first six months of the Bush Administration, agnosticism about Gorbachev was an article of faith. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater went so far as to call him "a drugstore cowboy." Moreover, it was virtually taboo to use any form of the verb "to help" in the same sentence with Gorbachev. Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell accused the Bush Administration of "status quo thinking" and exhibiting an "almost passive stance." Bush's attitude began to change when he visited Poland and Hungary in July. His hosts impressed on him that their survival, not to mention their success, depended on Gorbachev...
Hunting outfitters and stockmen scuff their cowboy boots in the dirt, unconvinced, as Askins talks. Some of them like to draw a line between Eastern ecobabblers, who puff wolves as gallant symbols of wildness, and true Westerners, who know them as cruel and cowardly and who can be relied on to "shoot, shovel and shut up," as the brag goes in the cowboy bars. But, Brad Little, a stockman from Emmett, Idaho, concedes, "It's not so much wolves we're afraid of, it's wolf managers." Exactly. The wolves themselves, though they are sure to range beyond park boundaries...
Mimicking a Cowboy: Looking for a good way to lose some money this weekend? Try betting on the Princeton field hockey team, which brings a 2-2 Ivy League record into tomorrow's game with Harvard at 11 a.m. at Soldiers Field...
DRUGSTORE COWBOY. Matt Dillon and friends go on a drug spree in Gus Van Sant's eye-catching tour of the lower depths. Dillon, a punk Montgomery Clift, is pure Acapulco gold as a smart addict who gets scared straight...
...Dallas Cowboys, they just traded Darren Nelson--one of the five players acquired in the Walker deal--to the San Diego Chargers. Dallas is already assured of another draft pick from the Vikings because Nelson is no longer a Cowboy (that was really quick...