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...conservative Texan's relationship as professional?an alliance, not a friendship. "DeLay admires Bush's leadership but still thinks of himself as the strongest conservative on the block," a DeLay friend says. "They perceive DeLay as a bull in a china shop. They appreciate him as their protector and retriever." Like many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, DeLay suffers under what officials call this Administration's general lack of respect for Congress. But he is also in the unique position of being the most prominent modern Republican politician in Texas to rise without the help of White House senior...
...Adoring Protector...
They were styling him, says Chorpenning, "as a figure who would help navigate the crisis of the family and the church: as a protector, a nurturer." Moreover, Gerson and Bernardine maintained that Joseph's bond with the Messiah and the Virgin was so close that, like them, he was assumed bodily into heaven--where, as Bernardine put it, "just as this holiest of families ... lived together on earth in a laborious life and affectionate grace, so do they now rule in affectionate glory in heaven." That novelty, eventually known as the Holy Family, became a church staple and effectively transformed...
...movie, one of which shows him with a gun in his waistband and a baby in his arm. “In my eyes,” 50 says, “the photograph that I’m showing you is I’m a protector in the situation…I’m going to do whatever it takes to get to what I’m trying to do.” Guns frequently appear in action movie ads, 50 says, and with little protest. “They are pointing at me at this...
...smacked 130 for Hurlstone Agricultural in 1978. Brett Lee's quick, even off a short run. After nagging away outside my off stump, Bing dropped one short. I went to pull it, the ball skidded on and hit me in the gooly. I was wearing a titanium protector, for extra confidence. Quality box. My left-arm pace was rusty, too much swing, couldn't pitch them on the stumps. Warney, 700 wickets (and counting!), gave me a nickname. "Extras," as in wide and no ball. Top bloke, even though he went to a private school...