Inevitably, as darkness fell, Matt's dad, Bob Walker, would let loose a two-fingered whistle that shot up Emerald Lane's steep hill like a flamethrower.

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Five years later, after the Republicans took over Congress, DeLay brazenly challenged and easily defeated Gingrich's handpicked candidate and best friend, Bob Walker, for the position he now holds.

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Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell are due this week.

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And even the most loyal Republican will agree that the party's recent presidential nominees, Bob Dole and former President George Herbert Walker Bush (in 1992), failed to excite Republicans and independents.

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Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Bob McDonnell of Virginia, and Sen.

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The 25-year-old Warren, who holed the winning putt in the 2001 Walker Cup, spent six hours hitting balls with coach Bob Torrance on Monday, and it paid instant dividends with a bogey-free round.

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