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...strange thing is JayDee. He's 20 now. I used to babysit for him. One day we found him in Woolworth's cryin. He'd been lost for 20 minutes, and in that time he'd stolen about $18 worth of candy, games and marbles...all stuffed into his pockets. Then he grew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horse Feathers | 3/23/1976 | See Source »

There are other problems, too, more significant than personal ones. Though agents are assigned to protect, not serve the President, recalls a onetime Secret Serviceman: "You do what the man says." Occasionally, "the man" has asked a friendly agent to babysit for his child or carry his wife's packages; that, at times, can interfere with an agent's professional responsibilities. Under Richard Nixon, the Secret Service was criticized for being too accommodating and tapping the phone of F. Donald Nixon, the President's brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SECRET SERVICE: LIVING THE NIGHTMARE | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

...right, let's leave it this way?you will handle Baker now?you will babysit him starting like in about ten minutes? Alright? (March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: An Intimate Glimpse of a Private President | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

That's the way I look at Jeb." Magruder used to babysit for him at Williams, and they had many talks. "He was charming, friendly and good company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Coffin Course in Ethics | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

...appropriate for Daniel, who's always searched for someone "courageous and resourceful"; but Daniel sacrifices his dreams for the reality he's got. The only Sunday people who don't in some way, sacrifice hopes and ideals are the Hodsons, friends of the trio, for whom Alex and Bob babysit one weekend. They are wealthy enough to be contentedly radical in a socialist state (and in, to be sure, an academic environment). But they are so godawfully cocksure of their goodness and honesty that, while they do care for others, they usually run them down with their own exuberance. Elkin...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Living On Half A Loaf | 10/13/1971 | See Source »

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