Word: gaming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the transcripts usually offer summaries and not verbatim reports of Ike's conversations (the whereabouts of the actual tapes today are unknown), they do shed fascinating light on his opinions of Nixon and the game of politics. Eisenhower pointedly omitted Nixon's name when discussing those he considered good future Republican presidential material. And in a late 1954 conversation with U.P.I. White House Correspondent Merriman Smith, Ike complained that the worst part of his job was ''accommodating yourself to values and considerations that fundamentally you can't fully accept...
...perfect day for an outdoor event in Rawalpindi, the former capital of Pakistan: balmy temperatures and sunny skies. But the 10,000 people who gathered last week at a large open field next to the Central Government Hospital were not there to watch a cricket game or polo match. They had come to witness a demonstration of the Islamic justice that General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq had decreed for his country: the public flogging of prisoners convicted a day earlier in a 29-hour Summary Military Court session. In the audience-with considerable distaste-was TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief...
...Crimson, however, controlled the second half. Its lone tally came with 14:51 left in the game when Sue Field, constantly exerting pressure, notched her fifth of the year with a chip past Eli netminder Martha Finney...
...incident was just one of a number of questionable calls that marred the game. Both coaches expressed antagonism toward the referees during the game, although Yale coach Richard Kentwell's only comment after the game was "we were very lucky...They played a strong second half...
...come off the field like you want to shake their hands," Crimson back Sarah Yedinsky said after the game. You can't feel that they played the game the way it should have been played, and you're frustrated that they're getting away with...