Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fascinating part of the final programs is Nixon's rather paternal attitude toward his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. He describes Kissinger as brilliant but a bit immature, overly concerned about potential power rivals like Texan John Connally, too intrigued by Hollywood and other show-business celebrities. Nixon claims he was not bothered by some indiscreet criticism from Henry. "An odd man ... unpleasant ... very artificial," Kissinger was once heard to say about Nixon at a dinner in Ottawa when he was unaware that his table microphone was on. Nixon tells Frost with good humor: "He didn't remember to turn...
...aims to be Prime Minister by his 50th birthday. "Not so," swears Producer-Director Ned Sherrin, who gave Frost his first big job on TV. "David would quite like to be Prime Minister. And the Queen. And the Archbishop of Canterbury. But being only one would limit him a bit." Indeed. It might even be argued that if all three offices could be made into one, with David as all-purpose Augustus, Britannia would in short order rule the air waves and carve out a whole new empire based on entertainment, the late 20th century equivalent of territorial conquest...
...throne for 25 years, has a long view of Middle East affairs: he was pessimistic about Israel's willingness to make peace. Under Carter's persistent probing-more blunt than Gerald Ford or Richard Nixon had been in similar meetings-the King's pessimism moderated a bit. But Carter, who had earlier been hopeful about Geneva, was visibly downcast as he saw Hussein into a limousine outside the Oval Office...
...that image. An erect figure in neatly pressed khakis, he is prone to waving red handkerchiefs, symbolic of blood, and leading crowds in shouting "Down with Yankee imperialism!" on public occasions. In a speech in Addis Ababa's Revolution Square last month, he engaged in one typically colorful bit of theater. First he raised his hand in a clenched-fist salute. Then he smashed to the ground six bottles filled with bloodlike dye-just to show how he would destroy all enemies of his rule...
Coach West sees "incredible physical differences" between black and white ballplayers. Says he: "It seems that all the black guys have bigger hands, they're so much quicker, they jump higher. They seem to do everything a little bit better." Chuck Fairbanks, coach and general manager of the New England Patriots, states flatly: "Blacks have the edge when it comes to speed...