Bush evinced an understanding when it came to Israel's security challenges: "We got driveways in Texas longer than that, " the then-governor exclaimed while flying over Israel's narrow waist in a helicopter with Sharon.

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"Most females tend to have a narrow or thinner waist as it relates to the chest area, so we pulled the waist area in, " said Lt.

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The waist of the hourglass was just an atom or so across, and acted as the narrow wire.

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