For all his swagger, she finds him easier to deal with at first, and when he refers to her mother - the lovely young girl he got pregnant - as the "Dragon Lady", she lets it pass.
But Mr. Obama drew the most cheers and applause when he referred to expanded coverage of women's reproductive health services and repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" law against openly gay people in the military.
After spending Sunday with Prokhorov in Boston, Johnson seemed pleased when his new boss spoke of building a winner for the big move to Brooklyn in two or three years and especially when he referred to him as the Little General.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Friday that he was being "kind and gentle" when he referred to Michelle Obama's guest at the State of the Union address, a 21-year-old undocumented immigrant, as "a deportable".
Only once in his long career did he step out of character, and that was when he referred to President Ronald Reagan as an "amiable dunce". The remark was made at a private dinner party but, unknown to Mr. Clifford, a tape recording had been made so that the hostess, who was ill with the flu and unable to come to her own party, could hear what was expected to be some sparkling conversation.
And who can forget when he referred to ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon as "Sloppy Steve"?
Blankenship had dubbed McConnell "Cocaine Mitch" and created a firestorm when he referred to the Kentucky senator's father-in-law as a "Chinaperson" and later defended his use of the racist term.
Blankenship had dubbed McConnell "Cocaine Mitch" and created a firestorm when he referred to the Kentucky senator's father-in-law as a "Chinaperson" and later defended his use of the racist term. .
With Berlusconi's reputation for throwing wild "Bunga Bunga" parties and proclivity to brag about his sexual prowess, the former Italian Prime Minister was the source of widespread incredulity and outrage in 2008 when he referred to Barack Obama-who had just become the first African American president-elect in U.S. history-as "young, handsome and suntanned".
And he was spot on when he referred to the Egyptian people first, before the Egyptian president.
