Word: blew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...role of the President in his own campaign is a curious one. It is almost as if he were not needed -or wanted. The less campaigning he does, think some Republicans, the better. "We blew it in 1960 and 1970, and we almost blew it in 1968," says a White House staffer. "If we can keep Nixon on the job and off the road, we'll be better off. But I'm not sure we can do it. Nixon loves to campaign, though he's a lousy campaigner." For the moment, however, the President plans to stay...
...primary campaigns, is disenchanted. Of the Eagleton affair, Palevsky says bitterly: "This is a perfect example of that staff. If there is a way to f- up something, they will find it." Henry Kimelman, another major McGovern moneyman (see BUSINESS), is also uneasy. Before the Eagleton matter blew up, he was unhappy at the speed with which the tacticians were spending money. Now he has had to hold up a huge direct-mail solicitation because he fears that no one will contribute until the Eagleton matter is resolved...
...Curly (Joe Don Baker) gave him a fast $15,000 for the rights to raze the family shack and extend Curly's housing development. Ace blew it all mining in Nevada, "20 feet from the mother lode," but he is fed up anyway and wants to move on to Australia...
Sergeant Bill Tillman fired a brand-new wire-guided missile which corrected its direction in mid-air and blew the turret off an oncoming tank. As the sun rose, 22 North Vietnamese tanks were left burning on the plain. Although the marines had some bad moments and had to give a little ground, they did so in good order and finally held firm; the North Vietnamese tanks had not proved to be all that formidable...
...manager, and then let Warner Brothers browbeat him about a tour--to capitalize on his popularity, presumably--while he collected himself and a new band. This band, its members unfortunately anonymous, is as good a group of musicians as Van has ever had to play behind him. They blew tight rock when they had to and, more difficult, knew precisely how to play softly, and to hold the chords for Van's scatting. The choir, one-third of which was Van's wife, Janet, sang gospel backgrounds nicely all evening...