Word: answer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whether Nixon could have received a fair trial: "I knew in my own mind that if an indictment were returned, and the court asked me if I believed Nixon could receive a prompt, fair trial as guaranteed by the Constitution, I would have to answer, as an officer of the court, in the negative...
...often get through the Praetorian Guard of the White House staff to see the President. In The Making of the President 1972, Theodore White recounts how Dole once got a call from a White House staffer who asked him if he wanted to see Nixon. "When?" Dole asked eagerly. Answer: "Tune in on Channel 9. He's coming up on the tube in ten minutes...
...also upset by her image as a homebody who defers to her husband. She takes pride, she insists, in speaking out on the issues, especially foreign policy."I don't make speeches," she says. "Giving speeches is the way you get out of discussing issues. I answer questions wherever...
...never grown accustomed to the lack of privacy. "I've always believed that when you are in public life, you are entitled to a private life. When somebody asks me a question that I feel is offbase, I just say that I don't want to answer. They don't mind. They accept it. I don't blame them for trying...
...author, naturalistically, does not explain what Emily cannot understand, but the answer is manifest on every page of the novel. The thing gone wrong in the Grimes sisters' lives is life itself...