Word: falterer
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...performance at the Ex last week did falter occasionally. A series of incidents developing the idea that doorbells ring when no one is at the door is not really sustained by the cast. And the climactic scene--in which the two couples march ground in a circle screaming. "It's not that way it's over here," and jabbing their index fingers upward with increasing speed--is ridiculous rather than absurd...
...exonerated by a vast majority of the American people. McGovern is running against President Nixon, not against ITT or Continental Grain or Maurice Stans and his overstuffed safe. The American people, for all their wariness, still separate the presidency from the events below. They do not want it to falter or be demeaned even though the men in office arrive there by the questionable trade of politics. All politicians, most people understand, can survive only on vast sums in campaign contributions, sometimes degradingly solicited. So while the sour odors of the Watergate continue to leak out around the edges...
...Weeks campaign is very well financed, and should their grass roots organization falter, the Cohasset Republican can afford to rely heavily on advertising...
Should McGovern falter, his presence on the ticket could hurt the heavily favored Studds...
Nonconsenting. In addition, Sisco and Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin have worked out certain "clarifications" of the U.S. role in the negotiations. Washington will be free to propose solutions if deadlocks arise or arrangements falter. Any new U.S. suggestions will be broached privately to Israel, instead of being sprung publicly as Rogers' six points were last fall. "We're happy with the arrangement," says one Israeli diplomat in Washington. "It provides a satisfactory link between two nonconsenting adults...