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...country, John," the president quips, "to have the FBI so terribly damaged?" But though the president can be subtly satirical, he can laugh with the groundlings, too. "Well, they are really fine Americans, you know," he remarks--to general hilarity--of the owners of the Marriott Hotel chain. "And gee whiz, they don't drink themselves, but they make a lot out of selling...
...Singer Carol Stevens, 41, ran through a dozen old standards drawn mainly from Helen Morgan's repertory. Torch style, Carol aimed a few of the numbers directly at an impassive Norman in a stageside seat: The Man I Love and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. She also sang Gee Baby, Ain 't I Good to You after acknowledging to Male Chauvinist Mailer that it was really a man's song. "I made up a verse to sing specially for Norman," she added, "but I can't do it here." The movies are also beckoning Carol. Mailer...
...technique of bargaining, bluffing, pleading and bargaining again. Years later, O'Neill was able to use his position on the committee to drive a key bargain with President Johnson. When Johnson phoned to ask him to vote for a bill that he wanted badly, O'Neill replied: "Gee, I don't know if I can be there. I'm so busy trying to save the Boston Navy Yard." Said Johnson: "Let me worry about the Boston Navy Yard. You be at that committee. I need your vote...
Columbo treats his invariably rich and stylish suspects with politeness, even deference. He apologizes for taking up their valuable time. He prattles incessantly in a New York accent that seems to be coming down with a sore throat. He gee-whizzes over their luxury houses, stopping in mid-sentence to ask ingenuously what the property taxes might be on such a splendid estate, pausing to work them out in terms of his $11,000-a-year salary. His darting, jabbing gestures carve lexicons in the air. He interrupts interrogations to rummage in pockets crammed with scrappaper reminders of marketing chores...
...case the cover-up all started three years ago, when the Pats drafted Jim Plunkett and somehow pulled off a quasi-successful season, ending the year near the 500 mark, "Gee," my advisers counseled, "it's perfectly clear that with Plunkett this squad is the team of the future, they can't help but get better next season...