Word: angers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tragically, we are forced by the malignant growth of Soviet weaponry to build some of these awesome and expensive systems. But if we have them as part of our shield, we will probably never have to use them in anger...
...lobbyists have come out of the woodwork," said Jimmy Carter with obvious anger last week. "Selfish special-interest groups," he complained, were spreading"misinformation" about one of his pet projects: a new federal agency to guard consumer interests. The target of Carter's angry words was none other than the U.S. business community, whose support he has been ardently seeking since he took office. Led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, businessmen have mounted a lobbying campaign that may kill the agency's chances...
...trip was proceeding without an awkward moment when the American television reporter asked the question: What made her think she was fit to discuss serious matters with heads of state? Rosalynn Carter's hazel eyes flashed with anger. Said she: "I think I am the person closest to the President of the United States, and if I can help him understand the countries of the world, then that's what I intend...
...Burns is the archetype of the Washington survivor. With his supreme self-assurance and deliberate manner, he can, and usually does, dominate almost any gathering, whether it is a small private group or a congressional hearing. His steely anger, rarely displayed in public, strikes with the force of a sledgehammer, even though he hardly raises his voice. His grandfatherly appearance-wavy white hair parted down the middle, rimless glasses, that ever-present pipe-gives him an aura of wisdom. His sharp political instincts usually keep him several steps ahead of his adversaries. Says a Burns friend, John Whitehead, senior partner...
They were, of course, the actions of a sublime con artist with a natural instinct for media hype. Ali has it all - humor, anger both real and feigned, a delicious imagination. He understands that the greatest con artists have always winkingly allowed the audience in on their joke. The Greatest is not a biography but another incident in a biography still to be written. As long as one appreciates that it is really the latest flurry in that blizzard-like snow job Ali has huffed and puffed to keep blowing for well over a decade, then one relaxes cheerfully into...