Word: hang
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was a frail peg on which to hang the contention that Nixon did not know. Obviously, the Mitchell version runs counter to the voluminous testimony by Dean, Mitchell's onetime protégé at the Justice Department and the President's fired counsel. Dean had testified that beginning on Sept. 15, 1972, he and Nixon had discussed efforts to "contain" indictments to the seven low-level arrested Watergate wiretappers, offers of Executive clemency and payments of money to keep these men quiet, an attempt to influence a federal judge to delay Democratic civil suits until after...
Nevertheless, money is the one universal hang-up for foreign visitors. For one thing, non-U.S. currency is almost never accepted by American stores-as the dollar, despite its current troubles, still is in many overseas nations. U.S.Travel Service officials still recall with horror the case of a Canadian woman who broke her pelvis in a fall while visiting Los Angeles; outrageously, the hospital to which she was taken refused to admit her until Canadian funds were converted to cover a cash deposit. Medical treatment in general is a frequent source of irritation to visitors. "It costs...
...fantastic possibilities of life in this country." Far from accomodating their lifestyle to that of the straight world, they intensify it. They spend several days completely twisted on dope, booze, and lack of sleep, and find this state of mind matches that of the gambling loonies who hang out at the Circus-Circus along with the Forty Flying Carazito Brothers, flaming gorilla, and Six Nymphet Sisters from San Diego. In fact, nobody notices how twisted they are, for in Vegas, one can pursue his own dream, no matter how savage -- just as long as one doesn't "burn the locals...
...authority what it means to be a woman. In 1969 we suffered from a footlose uncertainty about the goals of Women's Liberation, so we clutched at the movement for self-definition. And we used that political identity as a crutch for a queasy feeling personal identity to hang on to and steer by. We felt plagued by our inability to define 'woman,' frustrated by the fact that we could say only what 'woman' was not. But definition limits prematurely, and I think it was precisely the de-definition that prevented Women's Liberation from solidifying into a staple...
...experiences its intensity through his dreams. An earlier "The Ball Poem" reflects the same "epistemology of loss" in a young boy's missing ball. More than anything else, Berryman's dreams are real laments, laced with shattered hopes and withered ideals. Alan Severance too, has very little left to hang onto. His fight for some kind of self-respect is doomed from the beginning...