Word: jibe
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...Life is unpredictable," said Saltonstall in his laconic way. "In sailing terms, we sometimes come about and start on a new tack, or as in this case, we jibe over sharply to an entirely different course. With the greatest reluctance, I plan to resign as principal of Exeter at the end of the school year...
FICTION : The condenser's failure actuates a red light on a fail-safe "black box" in the errant squadron commander's cockpit. The code numbers that show up in the box jibe with the secret code packets held by pilot and copilot, authenticating the "go" signal...
Newhouse takes a special pride in the truculence of Syracuse Her aid-Journal Editor Alexander ("Casey") Jones, whose editorial positions rarely jibe with the boss's. Newhouse is partial to New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller ("The type you want in politics"), and on a recent visit to Syracuse he asked for Casey's opinion of Rocky's general performance. "I think it's silly," said Casey. "Oh, that's interesting," said Casey's employer mildly ?and abandoned the subject...
...result, he was alert enough to sneak in a plug for a paper that has been vastly improved under his aegis. "To ascribe as a reason [for the cancellation] that the President has time to read just so many newspapers," said Whitney, "just doesn't jibe with the fact that on the Eastern seaboard the Tribune is the paper everyone is talking about." The Trib's Paris columnist, Art Buchwald, took it nicely from there. Reporting that he had a letter from a little girl in Washington whose three-year-old friend Caroline told her there...
...royal effort is also most successful: the King of Siam, it would appear, has a considerable talent for writing a luscious tune, and the Krokodiloes exploit it with their most melodious croons. Or almost their most melodious: the boys have also included their celebrated "Blah" (a gentle moaning jibe at movie songs...