Sep 23rd, 2008 · We reported last week that political candidates in Brazil changed their names. Several Brazilians are running under the name Barack Obama. Now John McCain gets equal time. His memoir "Faith of My Fathers" recalls his liaison with a Brazilian fashion model. It happened 51 years ago, when he was in the Navy. He never named her, but Brazilian reporters tracked her down. Maria Gracinda Teixeira says McCain was romantic and a "good kisser."
Keywords: Fashion · politics · memoir · candidate · McCain · John McCain · Brazilian · Navy · Barack Obama · romantic · liaisons · Faith of My Fathers
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, talks with Renee Montage about the emergency response to Hurricane Gustav. The Corps is tracking the water levels and monitoring communication among other federal and state agencies, local levee boards and liaisons with all 13 coastal parishes.
Keywords: emergency · Orleans · local · federal · levees · parish · commander · Gen · Lt · agencies · coastal · corps
Jul 10th, 2008 · Every branch of the U.S. military has a liaison office in Hollywood. They also have a say-so about movie scripts that center around the war. A Pentagon correspondent speaks with an army liaison for Hollywood and a film critic about the love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the military.
Keywords: officer · critic · military · Pentagon · army · movies · Hollywood · liaisons
Jun 9th, 2008 · Two-year-olds in New Zealand are getting down to business. Toddlers can now follow up after important playground meetings by exchanging business cards. The specially made cards have age-appropriate art such as diaper pins. The cards have become a bit of a fad — with moms acting as liaisons to the swing-set network.
Keywords: network · Business · mom · toddlers · fad · appropriate · liaisons · playground · New Zealand · accessory · diaper · exchanging
Apr 15th, 2008 · From dewy-eyed ingenue in Dangerous Liaisons to martial-artist mother in Kill Bill, Uma Thurman has played a range of singular roles. She joins Fresh Air to talk about her career and her new independent film The Life Before Her Eyes.
Keywords: independent · artists · martial · Bill · Eyed · liaisons · singular · Thurman · emFresh · Uma · dewy · ingenue
Aug 30th, 2007 · Following Hurricane Katrina some in New Orleans saw the chance to reform the city's troubled juvenile justice system. It created a house arrest program, youth advocates, and mental health liaisons to meet the needs of children.
Keywords: Hurricane Katrina · Orleans · crime · city · children · New Orleans · Health · Justice · Mental · youth · juvenile · liaisons
May 23rd, 2007 · Monica Goodling, the former Justice Department liaison with the White House, never talked with White House officials Karl Rove and Harriett Miers about which U.S. attorneys to fire, she told a House panel Wednesday. Goodling had invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
Keywords: White House · attorney · Justice Department · Karl Rove · Privilege · liaisons · politicizing · Fifth Amendment · incrimination · Monica Goodling · Goodling · Harriett Miers
May 23rd, 2007 · The investigation into the firings of eight federal prosecutors and whether the moves were politically motivated continues Wednesday as a House committee hears from Monica Goodling, a former Justice Department liaison with the White House.
Keywords: White House · committee · federal · Justice Department · prosecutors · inquiry · investigators · liaisons · Monica Goodling
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