Word: comments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White House spokesmen declined to comment on the ambassador's statements...
...only bright light in the room emanates from the TV above and behind the bar. The men hunched over the bar are transfixed by that light, as they are every Sunday afternoon of the National Football League season. They sip their shots and beers, puff their cigars, comment on the action -- "Jeez! Look at that! I could throw a better block right now!" -- all without taking their eyes from the light. Even the bartender, a small man with a nutcracker face, manages to draw a beer while glancing back over his shoulder at the light. "Who do ya like...
...afternoon the men turn their attention to the light above the bar, where they root for the Giants or the Jets or, only rarely, the Patriots. They comment on the unfolding action, not with a fan's admiration but with an insider's cynical expertise. They see on the television screen a flash from their past, a dim, half-remembered moment from their athletic youth. They call that moment into focus at the bar, embellishing it. An argument ensues. "In your dreams," someone says. They laugh. The bar door opens. A big, shambling man with a droopy mustache enters with...
Lynch orders a beer. He stands behind the men seated at the bar. They comment to one another, but not to Lynch, on the unfolding action on TV. Lynch is silent. He shifts the weight on his tender knees. Finally, he walks over to a table and sits down, his stiff leg protruding into the aisle. He nurses his beer while lost in the game. He leans toward the action, elbows on knees, and looks for things his contemporaries are oblivious to. He smiles every now and then at a comment by Summerall, as if Summerall had missed the point...
...Sunday Times, which had been badly stung by publishing the faked Hitler diaries in 1983, treated Vanunu's account with caution. The paper flew the former technician to London, where he was debriefed for two weeks by a team of reporters and scientists. Before publishing, the newspaper also invited comment from Israeli government officials. They declined -- and quickly ordered up a search for the Times's talkative source...