Word: flapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assignment and sent him back to his regular beat as radio newscaster. The network denied having yielded to pressure: the decision to move Mueller, said William R. McAndrew, vice president in charge of news, had been made "hours before he got on the air." Assessing the whole flap. New York Times TV Critic Jack Gould made a key point: "After seeing Mr. Gromyko assail the U.S. and Mr. Lodge rise to its defense, some viewers probably were not prepared for a referee to step in and declare a winner. At the very least, it is foolhardy for a network...
Taking Responsibility. It took just one day for Ike to realize his mistake. An editorial flap blew up because the President had apparently been unaware of one of his Administration's most delicate and dangerous activities. Presidential ignorance of a specific plane flight would not have been beyond belief. But no charge by the political opposition piques Press Secretary Jim Hagerty more than the charge that Ike is not on top of his job. Furthermore, Communist propaganda likes to say that Eisenhower is the innocent dupe of Pentagon "war planners." Ike reversed himself, aggressively shouldered all the blame...
...good thing-we have said it over and over again-to have that degree of stability and unity in Europe." Then he added: "What I have pleaded for ... is that we should not allow an economic gap, a sort of division, to grow up." Leaks & Bleats. The flap was the result of Macmillan's taking his informal clubman's manner to Washington, a city where today's club conversation can become tomorrow's headline. Developed in relatively leakproof London, Macmillan's style is more frank than diplomatic, and he likes nothing better than to ramble...