Schwarzenegger Victory in CA – Newsheadlines (Google News Search)
1) Schwarzenegger's life: From a humble boyhood to the silver screen ... - San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 7 Oct 2003 For Arnold Schwarzenegger, becoming governor of California is just the latest astonishing transformation in a lifetime full of them.
2) Schwarzenegger Gets Calif. Voters Pumped Up - Washington Post, DC - 7 Oct 2003
... But it has never seen anything quite like the swift and improbable political rise of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who appeared headed for the governor's ...
3) From Moscow to his hometown, world marvels at Schwarzenegger's ... - San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 8 Oct 2003 From Moscow to Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown, the world marveled Wednesday at his victory in California, viewing it as a uniquely American political triumph ...
4) Will Schwarzenegger govern the way he campaigned? - San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 9 Oct 2003
... did? I destroyed it, I wiped it out!" Schwarzenegger shouted at one rally where a car symbolizing a tax increase was smashed. Voters ...
Victory at the polls terminates Schwarzenegger's movie roles - Chicago Sun Times
Will politics put Schwarzenegger out of action in Hollywood? - Youngstown Vindicator
5) Arnie terminates California governor - Al-Jazeera, Qatar - 7 Oct 2003
Californians have voted in record numbers to throw their governor out of office and elect Austrian-born film star Arnold Schwarzenegger. ...
6) Arnie's just the 'champion' women need - NEWS.com.au, Australia - 7 Oct 2003
... Franco is pretty smart, but Franco's a child, and when it comes to the day of the contest, I am his father," Arnie says of a competitor in the film. ...
7) Arnie's goosing gets cooked-up outrage - Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 7 Oct 2003
... guilt gelt. I asked my friend Leon Wieseltier, who knows a lot about Judaism and politics and women, about Arnie. "Schwarzenegger ...
8) Fans flood Arnie victory party - NEWS.com.au, Australia - 7 Oct 2003 By David Germain in Los Angeles. . Supporters of Schwarzenegger let out a cheer as they heard the news that voters had voted to remove ...
9) Hollywood ending for 'Governor' Arnie? - Independent Online, South Africa - 7 Oct 2003
Los Angeles - With polls predicting a cliff-hanger election, Californians decide on Tuesday whether to remove Governor Gray Davis and replace him with ...
10) Arnie having a fun ride - New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 7 Oct 2003
SACRAMENTO - Battling perceived villains in the media and the Democratic Party with characteristic testosterone, Arnold Schwarzenegger brushed aside sexual ...
11) Can the Terminator become the negotiator? - Reuters, UK - 7 Oct 2003
By Michael Kahn and Andrea Orr. SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger rode a wave of voter anger into ...
12) Terminator braces for judgement day - Al-Jazeera, Qatar - 6 Oct 2003 ... The star of the Terminator film series offered his standard pledges to clean house and reenergise the state if he won the special election, which is expected ...
13) A tight squeeze for the Terminator - Washington Times, DC - 3 Oct 2003 By Wesley Pruden. The Terminator got a lesson in major-league politics yesterday: If the boobs don't get you, the bottoms will. Arnold ...
14) Terminator: A Jack-Of-All-Trades - NEWS4Colorado.com, CO - 7 Oct 2003 ... a commerical success for his role in 1982's "Conan the Barbarian," Schwarzenegger is perhaps best known for his blockbuster roles in the trilogy of "Terminator ...
15) TRIUMPH FOR THE ‘ TERMINATOR ’ - Special Broadcasting Service, Australia - 7 Oct 2003
Movie star and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger has received so many votes that Democrat Governor Gray Davis has conceeded defeat in California’s ...
16) Terminator returns: Arnold elected California Governor - NDTV.com, India - 7 Oct 2003
Californians banished their governor, Gray Davis, just 11 months into his second term and elected action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him. ...
17) Governator Arnie storms to victory - Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 8 Oct 2003
By MICHAEL McKENNA in Los Angeles. The former Mr Universe won control of America's wealthiest state for the Republicans, capping ...
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Exclamation: usually used to indicate surprise, sarcasm or amusement, e.g. Gosh!
Expletives:: exclamation or swearword, usually expressing a strong emotion, and usually deleted or substituted by a less offensive word or sound.
Metaphor: implied comparison between two unconnected people or things.