Word: firings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...keep the South safe from George Wallace. Nixon's own speeches, of course, are muted in comparison with Agnew's, and if the contrast makes the President appear the cool-headed moderate-well, that's political imagery. Every Administration needs a large target to draw fire away from the boss...
...Denver stop, the red and white jet took off again. Minichiello ordered Cook to stop at the end of a refueling apron far from the Kennedy Airport terminal buildings. FBI agents approached the plane, but Cook warned them away; at TWA's request, they did not open fire...
...Israeli army Jeep screeched up to a United Nations post overlooking the Suez Canal one day last week, and four dust-covered riders dashed up to the shell-pocked building. While sniper fire whined, the team picked up an election ballot from the lone Israeli soldier assigned to the U.N. outpost...
...shirt. He tells Larson: "You damn right I shot him. I shot at him twice. He tried to break down the door. He had two Molotov cocktails in his hands all set to go. Hey, did I hit him? Where's he hit?" They lead the fire-bomber, drunk and bleeding, to an ambulance. They leave the man who shot him sitting on his bed alone...
...family, only life. In almost every story a servant holds the family together. The servant presides over the rituals and amenities which bolster status, esteem, sanity-like having fingerbowls when there is grapefruit for breakfast, like having someone to keep the family supplied with "Negro jokes," or someone to fire when a mistress's personal problems become too overwhelming...