Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remarkable story begins ten years ago, when Richmond was a bit shorter and less well-known...
...found the people very single-minded. I saw what it would've taken to have made a living at it, and I just decided it wasn't worth it," she explains. "It was just a little bit lonely...
CEOs find it a bit more difficult to contact Carter, although they have had numerous meetings with his staff. DeButts recalls, "He used to tell us in the meeting he expected the only contacts the White House would have with the business community would be through Secretaries Kreps and Blumenthal. And we finally told him, 'That's fine, Mr. President, but we have to talk to you. If you want something from us you don't talk to some executive vice president. You ask for the CEO. Well, we want the same thing--to talk...
Actually, while I find his offices with little trouble, it takes a bit more searching to find Sneath. First, I wait while his receptionist contacts one of his staff assistants. Then a vice president receives me in his office, giving me Sneath's background and accomplishments, and generally scrutinizing me to see if I might traumatize his boss with an ill-chosen question. Finally, the vice president accompanies me to Sneath's enormous office--and stays for the interviews, injecting his comments quickly whenever I broach what he thinks is a sensitive issue...
Speaking of lefthandedness, Keyte is a classic southpaw--strong at 6-1, 185, prone to wildness, a resident of California (where else?) and just a little bit flaky...