Word: grandstand
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...saying of the Vice President: "We've got the evidence. We've got it cold." An infuriated Agnew described the comment as "scandalous." Later in the day Richardson announced that he was canceling a speaking engagement in Texas because "of the most pressing of national business." Snapped Agnew: "A grandstand play...
...They slowed down the goddam rabbit. That guy up there (he pointed to some invisible place high atop the grandstand) slowed it down. This was my big one for the night, and he had to slow down the damn rabbit...
...girl friends and critics. Learn to self-analyze," the redheaded diva told the 120 or so seniors. Beverly Sills picked up an honorary doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music and gave the graduating class some off-the-cuff advice. "Don't be the critic in the grandstand, be the bullfighter in the arena. Say 'yes' to life." She also talked about her sudden elevation to stardom at 37, seven years ago. "I'd worked for 30 years and, if that was overnight success, that was the longest night of my life...
Instead of all the investigations and grandstand plays by the Congress, let it get busy with something to remedy the present situation...
...each match in this week's stop on the Virginia Slims women's professional tennis tour at the Boston Harbor Marina Tennis Club in Squantum--she lets her poker face relax into a smile for a few autograph seekers and then walks into the carpeted press room behind the grandstand...