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Alamo , the site of the Texas defeat by Santa Ana; hoosegow from juzgado `court'; dinero `money,' a Spanish corruption of the Latin denarius; macho , from the same root as machete : he who wields a machete must be skillful and powerful, hence the word has come to mean `virile' and its associated noun, machismo , `virility.
Is it the fondness for executions--half of the nation's last year--the Civil War, the border patrol, the oxymoronic phrase "compassionate conservatism," the sweaty midnight memories of the Bush-Quayle administration, that paunch on John Wayne in The Alamo ? Is it just metropolitan prejudice, the Southern thing but with cattle?
Alamo Fire Victims Sue Landlord
Not to mention his decision once there to meet with the team and inspire the players to victory by comparing the final day's competition to the Alamo.
One manager, Asa Hutchinson, is quoted by the Post as seeing the glass half full: "It shows the strength of the managers' case," while another, Henry Hyde, opts for half (or more) empty: "I'm glad those people weren't at Valley Forge or the Alamo."