Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...known and understood in some way by almost all Americans. -The history of this nation suggests that when profound moral issues like this one settle in the national soul, nothing will deny a final, convulsive resolution. Certainly the Civil War was such an issue. No fancy legal footwork or geographic compromises or maneuvers by politicians could prevent the final act of war. Perhaps the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s were similar outpourings that would not be denied. If we have not passed the point of no return on the resignation or impeachment of Richard Nixon, we are very near...
...returned to the U.S. from Germany in just that manner. Today the formula is "the next plane out," and sometimes that happens even when there is no extradition treaty. Afghanistan has none with the U.S. but when Timothy Leary was in Kabul, Afghan authorities did some complex bureaucratic footwork that left him with no alternative to climbing onto a U.S.-bound plane. He is now serving the balance of his one-to ten-year sentence for marijuana possession in California...
...next level was a group of men who did the actual footwork--for example, the middle-aged fellow who for 20 years had flown all over the world with Graham to organize local counseling programs to supplement Graham's message. In striking contrast to the sophisticated, glamorous, powerful men at the top, they are homey, plodding yes-men; they do drudge work; they carry pamphlets detailing The Way; they stutter and stare blankly when asked questions that aren't in the pamphlets. They are the peddlers. The glamorous leaders are the front men. And Billy Graham is their product...
GENERAL Alexander M. Haig Jr., President Nixon's chief of staff, testified last Thursday that White House aides have considered a "Devil Theory"--an explanation for the 18-minute gap, now known as Rose Mary's boo-boo--that did not rely on poor secretarial footwork, the hum of electric appliances...
...contrast has been remarkable. A fan at a game a couple of years ago would be treated to the fancy footwork and headwork of the foreigners who came to Harvard with their soccer skills firmly established. They were men who had come to Cambridge primarily to study, who played soccer as a sidelight, who were in the game because they enjoyed it and, without expending much energy, could dribble circles around most Americans...