Word: eggnog
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...year-end party at the Federal City Club just a couple of blocks up from the White House looked like a political rest farm. Robin West, a young White House aide, chortled through his eggnog as he noted the PT-109 tie clasps (J.F.K.) and the L.B.J. cuff links still worn by those aging and jowly warriors of the New Frontier and Great Society. Ruddy and smiling John McLaughlin, the former Jesuit who defended the Nixon Administration's soul, rubbed elbows with presidential aides from other years, such as James Rowe (F.D.R.), Ben Wallenberg (L.B.J.) and Bob Amory...
When the post-Christmas holidays of cheers, Veer's, parades and national titles roll by, the East Coast football afficionado slips deeper into his armchair, eggnog and enlightened cynicism over "big-time" college football out in the provinces...
...Senate's most formidable fighters for home rule and desegregation in the District. Relishing his independence, he delivered his record filibuster against a bill giving away offshore oil lands to the coastal states. Mindful that his hero La Follette had almost been poisoned by some tainted eggnog he had sipped during a talkathon, Morse had an aide scrutinize the preparation of his tea, orange juice and bouillon. Only poisoned words flowed that memorable night in the Senate...
...hope, good will and cheer"), and the soaring strains of Joy to the World and Mary Had a Baby rang out from the Army chorus. The White House staff, from lawyers to clerks, came together in small warm groups to nibble Christmas cookies and sip some eggnog. Nixon showed up briefly...
What has soured the eggnog of human kindness? "Uncertainty," says John Coulter, an official of Chicago's Association of Commerce and Industry. "Not only about jobs, but also about prices. Unfortunately, one of the easiest times to save money is around Christmas...