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George H. W. Bush served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. [5] During his presidency, he frequently mentioned his distaste for broccoli.The first mention was made in March 1990, when Bush joked that the workers in the Office of Personnel Management would get their merit pay "in broccoli". [6]
Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he accepted the nomination on August 18. Written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the line was the most prominent sound bite from the speech. The pledge not to tax the American people further had been a ...
George Herbert Walker Bush [a] (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, ... which became a common joke for comedians.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush is showing he has a sense of humor about falling at his Maine summer home and fracturing a bone in his neck. The 91-year-old tweeted ...
George H.W. Bush celebrated the New Year of 1992 with a 12-day trade-focused trip to Asia and the Pacific to discuss America's post-Cold War readjustment of economic relations and policies. [1] On January 8, 1992, Bush played a doubles tennis match with U.S. ambassador to Japan Michael Armacost against Emperor of Japan Akihito and his son ...
New York actress Jordana Grolnick came forward alleging that former President George H.W. Bush had inappropriately touched her and told a racy joke.
The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-04183-5. Weisberg, Jacob. George W. Bushisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President. ISBN 978-0-7407-4456-3. Bines, Jonathan; Sullivan, Andrew; Weisberg, Jacob (May 1992). Bushisms: President George Herbert Walker Bush in His Own Words. Workman Pub.
41, [165] Papa Bush, [166] Bush 41, Bush Sr., Senior, and similar names that were used after his son George W. Bush became the 43rd president, to differentiate between the two Little Pop , because he was named after a grandfather [ 167 ]