Bush describes a dinner at a Houston restaurant with his father and his brother Jeb: "Dad and I were having a discussion about my future."

布什描述了与父亲及弟弟杰布在休斯顿餐厅用餐的情形：“爸爸和我讨论到我的将来。”

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Mr Baker is a close friend of George Bush senior-they live close to each other in houston-and Mr Baker has a long history of riding in to help the Bush family when times get tough.

他是老布什的挚友——他们在休斯敦时住的非常近——当布什家族举步维艰的时候，贝克曾经帮他们渡过难关。

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When Bush decided to make a second trip into the state last week, Blanco learned about it from the media — and had to cancel her trip to visit evacuees in the Houston Astrodome.

就在上周布什决定到该州做第二次慰问时，Blanco从媒体得知这一消息，并取消了原本视察houston Astrodome疏散人群的计划。

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Travelers flying between Denver and Houston-Bush saw a 57% jump, and the Newark-San Francisco route recorded a 50% increase between the third quarter of 2009 and the third quarter of 2012, according to average-fare data compiled by Oliver Wyman.

WSJ: Where Airfares Are Taking Off

According to the Dallas Morning News, on September 8th, a former speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Ben Barnes, was about to testify in a lawsuit that Sidney Adger, a close friend of Mr Bush's father and a prominent Houston oil-man, approached Mr Barnes in 1968, seeking help to get the younger Mr Bush a spot in the National Guard.

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Among the top 10, three are United-Continental hubs: Houston's Bush Intercontinental, Newark's Liberty and Washington's Dulles airports.

WSJ: Why It Costs So Much to Fly From These Airports