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GENERAL Alexander M. Haig Jr., President Nixon's chief of staff, testified last Thursday that White House aides have considered a "Devil Theory"--an explanation for the 18-minute gap, now known as Rose Mary's boo-boo--that did not rely on poor secretarial footwork, the hum of electric appliances...
...still more urgent question was whether the crucial 18 minutes of humming on the Haldeman tape could have been caused by what some Washington cynics have dubbed "Rose Mary's boo-boo." Apart from the fact that she would only take the blame for part of that gap, could her actions with the recorder have created such a noise...
...play out their careers in Pottstown or Reading. There is none of the good-natured loyalty that characterized the early Met fans--Philly crowds can be ugly. They curse, they throw full beer cans, they follow their victims home. One baseball player who fell into disfavor remarked, "They would boo the loser of an Easter Egg hunt...
...make excuses and work with these bastards for another 50, 75, who knows how many, years. But you got to get to the start of it sometime and face it. Go tell that to an audience. Now you're telling the truth. And it's hard. Most voters would boo...
...stand him." Among those who could not stand him at first were the members of the chorus, outraged that he refused to meet their delegates for discussions of working conditions. The audiences were at times as difficult. They would treat Solti to an occasional heckle and boo, and one night during Der Rosenkavalier a cabbage plunked down on the stage with the inscription: "Solti must...