Word: dom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...call "irreversible." The final wording was "to promote the course of détente"-a riverine allusion that prompted a French diplomat to observe, "There are some pretty dry rivers in Europe." Another problem during the closing days of the negotiations was posed by Malta's Socialist Premier Dom Mintoff, who demanded the insertion of sentences declaring that the signatories would work toward the reduction of armed forces in the Mediterranean and the creation of a federation of European and Arab states. Delegates finally agreed "to promote the development of good neighborly relations with nonparticipating Mediterranean countries"-not much...
...because the Yankees' whole dignified tradition depended on half a century of winning, even if that seemed gone forever for a while. The Boston fans were angry with the smugness of the Yankee equanimity--one I knew, transplanted to the heartland of the enemy, used to say fiercely that Dom had been the only real DiMaggio. Joe could hit a little better, he conceded grimly, but Dom had him beat by miles in the field...
...their table, and this dinner left nothing to be desired. It began with Iranian caviar (a recent gift from the Shah to the Nixons who brought it along), served with well-chilled Russian vodka; then it continued with slices of pink Chateaubriand served with a red Bordeaux, and Dom Pérignon champagne. In his toast, Annenberg expressed his appreciation to Nixon for his ambassadorial appointment. In his turn, the former President extolled the value of friendship, especially in the face of adversity, and lauded the assembled guests for their loyalty at a time when he needed it most...
Throughout, Apted and Connolly rather dryly observe MacLaine as he slips into druggy melancholy, paranoia and self-pity, grooming himself for martyr dom. Then, abruptly, irony is forsaken, and he becomes a full-fledged martyr, dying flamboyantly on-camera, done in by the same forces that created him. It is a facile, melodramatic conclusion that does nothing to complement all the good that has gone before...
...sulking in the tent" theory. The other is that he is desperately ill and has actually been thrust aside-the "vegetable God" theory. Mao at 81 has appeared drawn and fragile in recent photographs, but during the Central Committee plenum, he was well enough to receive Prime Minister Dom Mintoff of Malta in Changsha, capital of his native Hunan province; while the People's Congress was in session, he met with West German Political Leader Franz Josef Strauss. It is one thing, however, for Mao to chat for short periods with visiting dignitaries, but quite another to sit through...