Bush also attempted to move the ball forward on a key issue--climate change--that he essentially avoided until last year's speech.

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Now, however, the ball is in Mr Bush's court.

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George W. Bush George W. Bush is playing football, running the ball up the gut in an effort to run out the clock.

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Messrs Gingrich and Romney might note that the man who set this ball rolling was not Mr Obama but Mr Bush, the most un-European politician imaginable.

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Now I am sure President Bush and his emergency management people will get on the ball in the coming days and start to offer the sort of comfort and relief that the millions of victims of this massive event require.

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Ms. KATE BUSH: (Singing) I love the way that you spin the ball.

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Mr Bush's proposed budget cuts are pretty feeble, but they might set that ball rolling.

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