Word: askew
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...smile begins to stiffen at the edges, grow nervous. Gamely, still in character, the anchor man shuffles script pages on his desk, making official-looking marks in the upper right corners. Still nothing. His composure never crumbles, just begins to crack. Smile still in place, if just a little askew, the anchor man starts to slip slowly off his chair, and down out of camera range beneath his desk. For laughs it beats the Today show clean...
...Reubin Askew, 45, is the odds-on choice to be re-elected this year as Governor of Florida. The keynote speaker at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, ex-Paratrooper Askew had served in both houses of Florida's legislature before becoming Governor in 1970. He has achieved significant tax reforms while working actively to improve prison, judicial and election systems, expand consumer and environmental protection, and broaden programs for Florida's elderly. Askew is on practically everybody's list as a vice-presidential possibility...
...basis of an unjust group attitude," now a different proposition is being argued. Merely being disadvantaged-by being black or female or young or Indian or whatever-entitles you to a favored place that is representative of the numbers in your category. The 1972 Democratic Convention went askew on that proposition, and the party is still trying to recapture itself. Minorities who are playing catchup do need all the help they can get in opening up opportunities. But the more rigidly quotas are imposed in a minority's behalf, the more risk there is of transferring to other groups...
Summoning the Florida legislature into special session, Governor Reubin Askew proposed returning immediately to Eastern Standard Time in most of the state (the northwestern Florida pan handle is in the Central time zone). Said Askew: "Any amount of disruption in commerce would be small indeed when compared to the life of even a single child...
...commanded Liza Minnelli. Shiny brown eyes open wide and black derby askew, Liza was back on Broadway for the first time in seven years. In 1965 she was a Tony winner for her role in Flora the Red Menace...