Word: jaunt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is a barbed edge of truth in Nixon's jest. As the peripatetic Spiro Agnew sets out on yet another international jaunt, this time to Greece, Turkey and Iran, few men would envy anyone the task of handling the Vice President's press corps-small, hand-picked lot though they are.* Will Agnew make another gaffe like adversely comparing American black leaders to African dictators? Will he praise the Greek ruling junta as a force for law-and-order? Will he do nothing in Iran but play golf-or worse, just sit in his tent...
...Urey, watching in Houston, nervously warned: "Don't get too close, fellows." Moments later, catching a foot on a rock, Scott took a headlong tumble and fell clumsily forward on his right arm and shoulder. Not until Scott was helped to his feet by Irwin and continued his jaunt did the world breathe easy. "This time," vowed the unhurt Scott, "I'll look and make sure I don't fall over some silly rock...
...test drive showed that it was ready to go with its back wheels steering. After a motherly reminder from Mission Control ("Okay, Dave, remember to buckle up for safety"), the astronauts clambered aboard, strapped themselves into place, pushed the control stick forward and moved off, bouncing into their first jaunt across the moon. "Whew!" yelled Scott. "Hang on!" Then, as they reached their top speed of 8 m.p.h., he added: "It's really rolling hills. Up and down we go." Yipped Irwin: "Buckin' bronco...
Unlikely as it first seems, President Nixon has turned the nation's drug problem into what he calls a major foreign policy concern. During a recent jaunt through Europe and North Africa, Presidential Counsellors Robert Finch and Donald Rumsfeld met with leaders in eleven lands to underscore Nixon's concern over illicit international traffic in narcotics. Last week at his press conference, in answer to a plainly planted question, the President called for a "national offensive" to fight addiction among American youth-with special emphasis on veterans who return from Viet Nam hooked on heroin. The Administration...
...merger, announced yesterday by Bradley P. Ware '71. president of the new Crimson Key, will "serve both schools, better," Ware said. One of the immediate benefits of the merger will be for prospective Radcliffe freshmen who will now have a brief jaunt through Harvard Yard included in their always inspiring tour of the Radcliffe Quad and Yard...