Word: bulled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eyes glisten with moist alertness. In dress, Castaneda is conservative to the point of anonymity, decking himself either in dark business suits or in Lee Trevino-type sports shirts. His plumage is words, which pour from him in a ceaseless, self-mocking and mesmeric flow. "Oh, I am a bull-shitter!" he cackles, spreading his stubby, calloused hands. "Oh, how I love to throw the bull around...
...Bull's-eye! The crisis in Congress is indeed the issue for the decade [Jan. 15]. America's survival as a democracy will. I believe, largely depend on the strength of the pressure applied by the media, and direct citizen action toward correcting congressional impotence. The federal legislature has too long been on its knees to the Chief Executive...
...White House bull session somebody asked what Nixon would have done with George McGovern's problem of Tom Eagleton. "Aha," proclaimed a Nixon aide, "McGovern went for instant gratification, declaring his 1,000% support for Eagleton. Nixon would have said,I'll think about it and then I'll let you know.' And he would have gone off to consider the long-range implications...
...that not enough undergraduates had signed up for Military Science courses. The January straw ballot was on the subject of universal military training, and The Crimson proudly reported that 860 Harvard students favored the idea, while only 330 were opposed. Shortly after this revelation, the roar of the great Bull Moose was heard on the front page...
Truman's tenure as Vice President was brief. In less than three months, Eleanor Roosevelt was to tell him: "Harry, the President is dead." The new President spoke to reporters next day: "I don't know whether you fellows ever had a load of hay or a bull fall on you. But last night the moon, the stars and all the planets fell on me. If you fellows ever pray, pray...