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Former President George W. Bush seems to be keeping his pledge not to critique other presidents - even Donald Trump. The Olympic athletes of Team USA have some impressive résumés off the field. And a USA TODAY reporter fondly remembers Bill Paxton, star of the original "Twister" movie. |
👋Hey there, Short Listers! John Riley here. It was another wild week in news, to say the least. Time to decompress with a few great reads you may have missed in all the hubbub. |
Why won't George W. Bush talk about Donald Trump? |
Few Republicans these days seem to talk about the next-to-last GOP president, George W. Bush . And that suits Bush just fine. While people often call on Bush to speak out against Donald Trump and the Republican Party he has remade in his own image, friends and associates said he is standing by his pledge not to critique other presidents and political leaders.🤫 |
Meet the big-brained Olympians of Team USA |
There must be something these Olympians aren't good at. They are Stanford engineers and aspiring dieticians. They own businesses and command board rooms. There are multiple, literal, rocket scientists. Their résumés would make them valedictorian at any high school in the United States except their classroom is now the real world – and the Olympic stage. Here are 10 whose accomplishments deserve the gold.🥇 |
That time when Bill Paxton picked me up at the airport |
Celebrities generally do not pick reporters up at the airport, let alone in a pickup truck. But it happened to USA TODAY's Marco della Cava. With a rebooted "Twisters" movie in theaters this weekend, della Cava recounts the day in 1995 when he met the late, great Bill Paxton – star of the original "Twister," "Apollo 13," TV's "Big Love" and so much more – at the Oklahoma City airport.🌪️ |
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