Webb may refer to:
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, Webb served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy.
Webb won the Democratic nomination for the 2006 Virginia Senate race by defeating Harris Miller in the primary, then won the general election by defeating the Republican incumbent George Allen. Webb's thin margin in the general election (less than 0.5%) kept the outcome uncertain for nearly two days after polls closed on November 7, 2006, and provided the final seat that tilted the Senate to Democratic control. On his sixty-fifth birthday, he announced that he will not seek re-election in 2012, saying that he does not want to spend his whole life in politics, and that he wants to return to the private sector.
Christopher John "Chris" Matthews (born December 17, 1945) is an American news anchor and political commentator known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC. On weekends he hosts the syndicated NBC News–produced panel discussion program The Chris Matthews Show. Matthews makes frequent appearances on many other NBC and MSNBC programs. On March 22, 2009, Matthews renewed the contract for Hardball with Chris Matthews through 2012.
Matthews was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Irish American parents and is a Roman Catholic. He attended La Salle College High School. He is a 1967 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and did graduate work in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Matthews served in the United States Peace Corps in Swaziland from 1968 to 1970 as a trade development adviser.
When Matthews first arrived in Washington, D.C., he worked as a police officer with the United States Capitol Police. Subsequently, he served on the staffs of four Democratic members of Congress, including Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie. In 1974, he mounted an unsuccessful campaign for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in which he received about 24% of the vote in the primary. Matthews was a presidential speechwriter during the Carter administration and later worked for six years as a top aide to longtime Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neill, playing a direct role in many key political battles with the Reagan administration.
Bass Reeves: I just might take a liking to being law. It's kind of fun.
[Babs and Shaun are arguing when Tanya cries out in pain]::Barbara 'Babs' Woods: She's in labour! Quick, dump the midwife in the car and I'll phone the bag!
Lester 'Les' Boulter: [after a row with Denise over her book club] Well, that's put an end to my "Great Expectations" for tonight!
Sam Taylor: Fancy coming to McDonalds?::Lucy Day: [referring to Trish] I've already seen one red-headed clown.
Kelly Boulter: [Lucy is visibly drunk] How much have you had?::Lucy Day: 180!
Melanie 'Mel' Costello Boulter: [talking about Katie to Lucy and Kelly] I've had deeper soup!
Pete Callan: [on their anniversary, Pete presents Eileen with her taped confession of framing him for arson] Happy anniversary, darling.
Pete Callan: No son of mine plays with dolls!
Yasmin McHugh Matthews MacKenzie Green: [about Pete and Eileen renewing their vows] I give it six months before he chucks her back in the river.
Trish Wallace: [to Eileen about a Buck's Fizz song] Do you remember when we used to dance to this and rip off our skirts?::Pete Callan: Why change the habit of a lifetime?
Yasmin McHugh Matthews MacKenzie Green: [at Pete's funeral, debating whether it's his body in the coffin] We are sure that's him in there, aren't we?
Plot
Lonely Kansas housewife Karen Webb despondent about her love life, her husband Jim Webb coldness and philandering, has a strong urge to change her future. Karen discovers the truth about Jim and sets out to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in her garage, but her three dollar daily allowance for gasoline runs out before she expires. During one of her gas station refills, she spots a different type who catches her fancy in Harley Underwood and sets her sights on him.
Keywords: adultery, baptism, bar, bathroom, carbon-monoxide-poisoning, chase, cheating-husband, cowboy, dancer, dancing