Word: jam
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Oddly, Carter's economic views have never received the attention they deserve−mostly, no doubt, because until very recently the campaign spotlight focused on delegate counts. Also, Carter has voiced his ideas in a characteristically bland tone: no purple rhetoric, no sweeping simplifications, no attempt to jam complex proposals into catchy headlines. That low-key approach so far has defused possible controversy even over some striking proposals. For example, Carter advocates taxing capital gains, such as profits on the sale of stock or real estate, as heavily as income from wages and salaries (capital gains now are usually...
Over a period of nearly three decades, the highly chronicled career of Hubert Humphrey must have used up an ocean of ink and enough film to jam the hold of Queen Elizabeth 2. Beyond that, the former vice president is one of the most garrulous men in history. Is an autobiography necessary? Has anything been left unsaid? In truth, not a great deal. Humphrey's autobiography lays bare few secrets. It is an inside story only in the sense that it gets inside the subject in a manner no biographer could do. Predictably, it authenticates much of the best...
...alive and kicky for 15 years -with Sunshine Boys, Plaza Suite, The Odd Couple and The Prisoner of Second Avenue-could not possibly survive in all that gossamer. He was too deep into Broadway to travel well. His brains would scramble in the sun. The sands of Malibu would jam his typewriter if tennis elbow did not strike him limp first. Simon told a reporter eight years ago that he "would rot" if he ever left New York. "I have to stay here; I'm a fish and I was born in a dirty pond and that...
...both Britons and Americans, produced not culture shock but culture swoon. The greenness and smallness of Britain captivated the Yanks, followed in short order by the beer, fish and chips, pubs, bikes and, of course, the dames. Their hosts were fascinated by Jeeps, all things in cans from jam to ham, jitterbugging, frozen steaks, cigars and the incredible generosity of G.I.'s - who were paid five times as much as a tommy. There was also the legend of Yankee sexual rapacity and capacity. "They're overfed, overpaid, oversexed and over here," ran the familiar litany - to which...
...even Catholics who are liberal on marital and sexual issues can be adamant about abortion - at least for themselves and their families. "Abortion is murder to me," says Mary Ann Murphy, 54, of Alexandria, Va. "But I cannot jam my religious beliefs down someone else's throat." Jan Slevin, a nurse, refused to work in the obstetrics unit of Washington General Hospital because of the many abortions performed there. "In a case of incest, rape or some psychological trauma," she concedes, "I can see a morning-after pill or a shot to prevent pregnancy. But I think abortion...