Word: cocoon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...change clothes from casual (Smith & Wesson Model 10) to formal (Walther PPK), or the press "baying for names and quotes." Unfortunately, the prose that would result would be far more prosaic. The sense of pomp and ceremony and history would be sacrificed. But by taking refuge in an electronic cocoon, those who run the world might be able to travel through it more quickly, quietly and safely...
...Born without a functioning immune system, David was sealed off from the world's germs, the slightest of which could kill him. Last week, 3½ months after he underwent a bone-marrow transplant intended to fortify his body's defenses, he emerged from his germ-free cocoon. It was, quite literally, a touching moment. For the first time in his life, he was hugged and kissed by his mother. "She was amazed at how thick his hair was," reported a spokesman for Texas Children's Hospital. The patient's initial request: a Coke-the only...
...country, and join up with each candidate in succession as he travels through. The Post's Martin Schram, a veteran of the past four campaigns, takes that approach a step further: whenever possible he rents a car, rather than travel in what he calls "the steel cocoon." He explains, "The reporter on the bus may get a good idea of how well one candidate is doing, but learns very little about how he is doing relative to others. The reporter on the ground gets a much better sense of what the outcome will...
...Angeles Times has twelve campaign reporters; only two of them travel full time with individual candidates, and those two often swap assignments. Times National Editor Norman Miller points out that reporters who remain in the cocoon not only run the risk of getting stale, but are apt to lose perspective; they can become focused on what he calls the "inside baseball" of strategy. Says he: "It does not help a person to make a choice on whom to vote for if we go on about how good an organization someone has in Iowa...
...famous David Stockman interview for the Atlantic, warned, "I think we'll be shocked in future years when we learn more about the decision making in this Administration." Helen Thomas, that dogged veteran reporter for United Press International, argued, "The people around Reagan have got him in a cocoon. They feed us just enough to keep us busy." Andrea Mitchell of NBC Nightly TNews added, "I schlepped all the way out to Billings, Mont., for a picture of Reagan in a stagecoach and was never given a chance to ask him a question. We're frustrated...