Word: mavericks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...McCain, the self-described maverick in theRepublican field, was well-received in NewHampshire, a state which is notorious for buckingconventional wisdom at the polls...
...this time, says Carney. "I just don?t see where he fits in. He?s running as a maverick -- a guy who can work with Democrats -- but Bush, and even McCain, is doing that too," he says. "He?s a social conservative, but so is the rest of the GOP field." And at this late date, in this front-loaded election cycle, there may not be a dollar left for him outside of Utah. But Utah law allows him to try this and still run for reelection for his Senate seat -- an accommodation engineered by Hatch?s own supporters...
...Moore, skating down the right wing, threaded a pass through two Maverick defenders to Bala, who chipped it home. With the tandem reunited, Harvard now had offensive life...
...Sure as Jim will grow up to turn himself into Jesse ("the Body") Ventura and become Governor of Minnesota, you now know that this unauthorized biography will be more Afternoon Special than Slamboree. Nils Allen Stewart plays out the Jesse personas (Navy SEAL, bad-boy rassler, radio shock jock, maverick pol) with an engaging sweetness. In the end, though, five minutes of the real-life Jesse is far more...
...Which is not to discredit the performances. Neeson is a rock as the stoic Qui-Gon, an aging longhaired maverick among the Jedi who is uncannily certain of Anakin's great potential. And McGregor gives good Alec Guiness in a role that rarely gives him much to do but look concerned and buckle swash. Which he does splendidly--the lightsaber battles are perhaps the most authentically exciting parts of the film, and he and Neeson give us what we secretly missed in the original series--real fighting. We finally get a chance to see why the Jedi are considered...