Word: bags
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bag Jobs. Hoover's feud with William C. Sullivan, the former No. 3 man at the bureau, is a measure of the Administration's dilemma. At 59, Sullivan is a 30-year veteran of the bureau with an impressive reputation among intelligence officers here and abroad...
...There have been conventional fund-raising luncheons like one in New York City last week, where 1,350 "Business and Professional Men and Women for McGovern" laid down $25 apiece to dine on chicken and mushrooms. By far the most novel item in the McGovern moneymen's assorted bag of tricks, though, is the Presidential Club. Its members-some 3,000 thus far-sign up to make monthly contributions of as little as $10 through July 1972, when the Democrats will convene in Miami Beach. To aid the prospective giver, McGovern's managers thoughtfully offer a time-payment...
...House Mirrors. To help workers relax and perhaps even laugh at themselves, Matsushita placed distorting funhouse mirrors near the entrance to the room. The employee can also enjoy a gym with a punching bag, a pitch for harmony taped by Matsushita, and the services of a professional counselor...
...Stuff THOUGH operatives of the CIA are cautioned not to use professional slang lest they be identified as spies, the argot of espionage has become part of the language around the world. Herewith a glossary of current spy terms, most of them used in the West but some international: BAG JOB: In the U.S., an illegal search of a suspected spy's residence to obtain incriminating information. Also, sending secret data back home through the diplomatic pouch. BLACK BAGGING: Delivery of funds to an undercover agent or network by a courier...
...behavior of the Election Commission has been erratic at best and outrageous at worst. Students attempting to register have been confronted with a whole series of arbitrary requirements. The success of an individual's attempt to register depends upon a grab bag of variables--the time of day, length of hair, clothing, smell--and a set of ever-changing semi-legal questions which may or may not be asked by an individual registrar. Conflicting reasons are often given for refusals to register...