Word: guying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From his bunker, West Point Graduate Somoza, whose favorite pastime is watching war movies, called for more mercenaries. Newspaper ads suddenly appeared in the U.S. Southwest: "ExMarine combat veterans needed to fight Communist takeover in Central America." An Albuquerque recruiter, Guy Gabaldon, quickly signed up his quota of 100 men and asked Managua for permission to enroll more. Somoza also ordered up his own National Guard reserves. Reportedly, he did so with reluctance because of suspicions that they might not otherwise remain loyal and turn over arms to the rebels. In any case, Somoza needed the extra help. His regular...
...wait--what about Tommy O'Neill?" (Tip O'Neill's son, cautious and pleasant but maybe not the brightest guy who ever lived?) "He has to run with Ed King--you can't vote separately for Lieutenant Governor and Governor in Massachusetts--so if Hatch wins, he'll be washed up. Old Tip won't like that. And he certainly won't want Mike Dukakis, the man who helped destroy his son's rise to the governorship, to get a Cabinet post. He won't even want to see Dukakis in Washington." "So if Carter knows what's good...
...room around us rattled with the sounds of 100 typewriters, red telephones and wire services, all creating tax revolt stories. Dukakis was leading a horde of press affiliates through the press room with him. Beer continued, "It's very hard for anyone, even a sharp guy like Dukakis, to get a handle on the bureaucracy. Party decomposition--you're not talking to this party and that group, you're meeting people en masse...
...major bill, the $37 billion defense authorization that contained $1.9 billion for a nuclear aircraft carrier. Carter maintained that the carrier was too expensive, and that the money would be better spent on strengthening NATO forces. Conservative Congressmen disagreed, arguing that Carter was mostly concerned with building a tough-guy reputation by vetoing the measure. Charged New York Republican Jack Kemp: "The President's image guy, Gerald Rafshoon, has been running this...
Danny is really a genteel, quiet guy who takes an earful too much of Bernie's ego--enough for him to ruin his relationship with sweet Deborah. Bernie, of course, never gets beyond his graphic stories...