Word: armors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maybe the prognosis should be one of optimisism, then. The goal is in good hands with the steady Herold. There are no identifiable chinks in the Crimson's armor, either at offense, midfield or defense. A lot of big names are returning. Saunders. Bullard. Acorn. Bowyer. Jiggetts. Grassby. The list goes...
Political conventions may not be as crass and boss-ridden as they once were, but they are just as synthetic in an up-to-date show-biz way. Newsmen used to armor themselves against the hokum by reporting it in the cynically fond style of amused outrage made popular by H.L. Mencken. That tone is harder to sustain these days, and a good many reporters and editors are now asking whether they are covering conventions in the right...
There must be a "knight in shining armor" waiting in the wings of the political arena to truly inspire the American people...
...also plans to distribute English animals among Pacific islands to see how they will fare in different climates (hence his arkful of livestock). As for Omai, he too has loaded the Resolution with unusual cargo to carry back from England to Tahiti: a portable organ, a suit of armor-and something that his people consider sacred, a large bundle of red feathers...
...armor-plated Cadillac goes with the job, and instant call on a 707 or Learjet. The salary is $60,000. The executive suite is the grandest in Washington, with half a museum's worth of Early American furniture, sweeping views from a vast eighth-floor terrace, and a chamber that can take 200 for sitdown dinner. It is not the pay and the perks, however, which have hopeful Democrats lining up two abreast to be Henry Kissinger's successor. The office of U.S. Secretary of State is probably the most powerful appointive office in the world. And there...