Word: drawning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...admits as much in his note on sources. His account is drawn from contemporary press coverage, "the aim being to convey something of the episode's immediacy by recounting it in its own contemporaneous terms." If we take Thomas at his word, and accept that he limited his sources through design and not simply out of laziness, we come face to face with the central problem of the book. If his goal was simply to recreate a drama and "to appreciate the impact it produced on that [original] audience," perhaps he was correct to restrict his reading. But an "objective...
Those conclusions were drawn from a nationwide telephone poll of 778 adults conducted for TIME on two days last week by Daniel Yankelovich Inc. For purposes of comparison, the questions covered somewhat the same areas as a Yankelovich poll taken for TIME in August. Allowing for a 3% sampling error, the results can be projected to the total adult population of the U.S. Further questions and answers...
...getting worse." Ironically, customers may have to search for a substitute for plastic, which is itself a substitute material. One example is the auto industry, which since 1960 has increased the amount of plastics in the average car from 20 Ibs. to 138 Ibs. Auto manufacturers have lately drawn up contingency plans for going back to using metal body parts if plastic cannot be obtained...
...band of stalwart lawmakers, including one Senator being blackmailed for homosexuality; about a society hostess, and so on. It made a great read. It won Drury the Pulitzer Prize, which he even perhaps deserved: he had had the energy to people a big novel with a lot of boldly drawn characters and keep them moving through incidents and operatic set pieces. Beyond that, he was a man of sense and rugged principle-though his heroes all seemed to employ the same turgid speechwriter...
Members of Congress, especially conservative Republicans, are generally reluctant to push for impeachment under almost any circumstances. Besides the fact that the proceedings would involve drawn-out, bitter debates and a tremendous shock to the entire political process, the lawmakers have to protect their own self-interest. An all-out effort to find the necessary evidence of "high crimes and misdemeanors" could end up incriminating a lot more politicians than Nixon...