Word: eared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That evening, Carter took a break to watch the caucus results from Iowa on TV. At 9:30 p.m., Appointments Secretary Phillip Wise phoned to congratulate Carter on his overwhelming victory. The President and his wife were ecstatic. Said an aide: "You could practically hear him grinning from ear to ear." Rosalynn was even more emotional. Said another staffer: "She was so excited that she was just flying." Next morning, Carter greeted a top adviser with "the biggest smile that I've seen in a long time," but he quickly got back to the speech. When another aide raised...
...Methodist Church a block away. Once there, Kalal starts looking for an outlet for his projector in back of the dark oak podium. But nowhere is there a three-prong outlet. Kalal, slightly ruffled, dispatches someone to find a blackboard. "I'll have to play this by ear," he says, opening the meeting. "I'm Jim Kalal, your temporary chairman, and this is your neighborhood caucus meeting. I guess we're a large neighborhood...
...chance to bend a responsive ear has helped to ease the lingering postcombat trauma of many veterans. Said Cleland: "Some guys are absolutely paralyzed by P.V.S. They have to have a compassionate environment to let themselves...
These guys stand at a stop light where the trucks pass, and when one stops they step up to the driver's side and shove a piece in his ear and tell him to get down on the floor unless he wants his brains blown out. The driver, not being willing to die for dear old Texaco, does what he is told, and a plastic bag is yanked over his head to help keep him quiet. These guys prefer unmarked trucks because, say, a Mobil truck pulling up to an Exxon station might draw the attention of a prowl...
...made their attitude clear. The Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini announced that he would not meet with Waldheim. Said Khomeini: "I do not trust this man." The militants holding the U.S. embassy also said they would not talk with him. Only Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh, who has neither the Ayatullah's ear nor the students' respect, was willing to meet with the Secretary-General, but not to bargain over the hostages. Said Ghotbzadeh: "He can come here and be informed of our views. The matter of negotiation is not an issue...