Word: ferretted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Very often the erroneous stories see print, properly buttressed by improper footnotes and references. Yet, if he persists long enough, the biographer can usually ferret out the facts about anybody...
...rights of Mississippi blacks. Evers's conservative pabulum is almost what one would expect to hear from a George Wallace or a Strom Thurmond: defense of the American way of life from the Russian threat, pursuit of fiscal integrity to wipe out the nefarious national debt, welfare reform to ferret out the cheaters, etc. When Evers isn't talking like an arch-conservative, he's persuading Mississippians he can better fatten their wallets than any other politician. Evers boasts of his Washington connections and how only he can "bring the bacon home to Mississippi." Any ideals he's ever...
...ventures must be considered in light of the special position to which they have been relegated in the United States. Newspapers have a history of taking editorial positions with righteous indignation. There is a feeling among journalists--especially in the post-Woodstein era--that they have a responsibility to ferret out malfeasance and expose iniquity. This strident posturing has had an effect. Despite the grumblings of the public, newspapers are widely respected, or at least read. The press is protected, more or less, by the First Amendment, which states that Congress may make no law limiting its power. Over...
When former Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski returned to Washington a year ago to conduct the House Ethics Committee's investigation of Korean influence buying he said: "There is another challenge to another institution of Government, and it's up to someone to ferret out the facts." Last week Jaworski decided to end his probe, with more questions unanswered than answered. The results are skimpy: four Congressmen facing disciplinary action, one former House member in jail and another former member facing trial for accepting gifts from Rice Dealer Tongsun Park...
...right one, attached to a misshapen forearm. Day, now a wealthy Florida lawyer, was an Air Force major, a downed Phantom pilot. In 1967 a crowd of Vietnamese villagers watched as a rope was tied around his elbows and tightened with a foot jammed into his back. A ferret-faced man the P.O.W.s nicknamed "the Rodent," seized Day's right arm and twisted until the cracked bones broke through the flesh. The bone, gaping from Day's arm like a jagged tooth, remained untreated for four months-until Day's half-dead cellmate, Navy Lieut. Commander John...