Word: errantly
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...money and beauty, expensive costumes, argyle sweaters and flannel knickers. We lust for the naked girl in the private railway car that streaks by on a summer night. We sniff at the air, spicing our senses with the scent of golden pine needles that drop like errant arrows to the forest floor...
...attributes the 78 per cent of the vote he garnered in his last election to four facts: "incumbency, good volunteers, all the money I needed to spend, and the fact that my opponent was indicted by a federal grand jury two days before the election." Describing errant press coverage as devastating, Untermeyer cites a Houston Post story on his opponent's trial that began by saying he had done many worthwhile projects in the community. "The next sentence said he had run against...
...sweatshirt. "I have faith that God will take care of my family." David, 21 years in the commercial division, is less sure about God and more sure about the election. "I want big guns," he says half-jokingly and smiles to reveal the dentures he has worn since the errant bumper from the Ford van knocked most of his teeth onto the plant's concrete floor. "Carter doesn't have nothing going for him. I voted for him the last time, but he's made a mess of the economic situation...
...candidates also have a similar dislike for commotion around them, hate to discipline errant aides or, in fact, to deal with touchy personnel problems. Yet the White House is no place in which to seek serenity or avoid the inevitable friction of strong personalities grasping for power. Carter has depended too heavily on his Georgia cronies, failing to cut some of his ties with, say, Bert Lance or Andrew Young as early as he should have. He pledged, as all new Presidents do, to reach out for strong men to direct Cabinet departments ? and then, in effect, fired several...
Still, there is a well-concealed tough side to Deaver. As Governor, Reagan used Deaver, then his assistant chief of staff, to quietly but firmly tell errant department heads that they must shape up. He managed to spread the right amount of fear without creating an enemy for his boss...