Word: hellos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...swarms of young "Get Clean for Gene" volunteers; his campaign is $40,000 in debt, despite contributions from such wealthy backers as Norton Simon and Jock Whitney. He starts his 20-hour campaign days at factories or simply walking the streets of New Hampshire towns pumping hands and asking: "Hello, Pete McCloskey, do you have any questions for a fellow running for President?" When he gets a question, he often answers in such time-consuming detail that his aides' plans for the day are wrecked. The charge that his campaign is well-meaning but futile enrages...
...with the other writers and artists on the island, or with the hippie population that has been drawn to Ibiza's primitive simplicity. Their relatively sedate life was interrupted by the Hughes case. A long stream of journalists appeared at their door with note pads, microphones and cameras. "Hello, I'm Helga," Edith would say with a bright smile in the days before the Irvings flew to New York late last week and admitted that she had indeed been posing as Helga R. Hughes...
EVEN before he went into seclusion, Howard Hughes posed unusual challenges for newsmen. In 1944, for instance, he consented, through an intermediary, to a telephone interview with Robert Elson, then in our Washington bureau. Hughes insisted that when he called, Elson was to identify himself by saying: "Hello, Mr. Howard Hughes. How was the weather?" Trouble was, Elson forgot the code question. This necessitated a new round of calls before Hughes was convinced that Elson was not an impostor. In 1948, when we did a cover story on Hughes, he did utter one prophetic statement about his future...
...arrived at the dilapidated Tourist Office, I found the door open but no one inside. I was tired and sat down to read a book I had with me. About half an hour later, a man in a coat and tie arrived, smiled at me politely and said hello. I responded likewise and asked if he had a map of the city. He responded, "No speak English, sorry." I repeated the question in French, which he understood. He seemed surprised at my question and answered, in French, that I could find such things as maps of the city...
...ORLEANS, La.--"Uh, hello. Don? Coach Shula? Yes, uh yes Don, this is the President." "Who?" "Uh, the President." "Oh." Click...