Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once in a while, a fellow forgets where he is. "Americans," wrote Thornton Wilder, "are abstract." For the most part, he believed, we identify ourselves more by our future than by our circumstance. "I am I," Wilder said, "because my plans characterize me." Strangely enough, it seems to be to...
In some respects, Vance's arrival in Israel was extraordinarily inconvenient for his hosts; they were almost totally distracted by domestic political turmoil. The Labor Party of Premier Rabin was reeling from the latest in a series of scandals; Asher Yadlin, a former high-ranking Labor Party member, had...
Even among Republicans there was grudging admiration. Said Roger Campbell, a Pennsylvania delegate to the Republican National Convention: "He has talked like a Republican on austerity and cutting back." Republican John R. Faust, a Portland, Ore., attorney, called Carter "a genius at finding the middle ground."
C: Good, good, that means you can address our annual convention. Nothing too formal, just an hour of remarks on the problems faced by us small chicken breeders.
The sheer quantity of reporting in Convention reminds one of Henry Fairlie commenting on John Toland's voluminous biography of Hitler. Toland claimed to have talked with new sources, including Hitler's sister. Fairlie said he thought of the time he and friends went to taste what were billed as...