Word: jump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Politicians of both parties agree that Nixon could never run for public office again. One California Republican who was asked about Nixon's future grimaced: "Bringing him up again is like poking a dying frog to see if you can get one last jump out of him." But the man undoubtedly still arouses extremes of feeling. Distaste, contempt and even hatred rise almost reflexively in many Americans at the sound of his voice. The late Stewart Alsop, attempting to explain this automatic reaction to Nixon, once told the story of an argument he had about Franklin Roosevelt. Young Alsop...
LIKE HOPE AND CRABGRASS, Richard Nixon springs eternal. Ever since the Great Fall in 1974, no matter how you tried to weed the fellow out, he was always there, always flashing the nervous smile from under the properly crinkled ski-jump nose, forever sweating in the midst of an air-conditioned world. And always reminding you that he ran your life for five eminently regrettable years. Still, until recently, there was always an element of "fun" in the game--every time Dick popped out from under his California rock, you could, hoe him right back under again with...
Having gone out of his way earlier in the week to buttress Vance's position, he now came to Brzezinski's defense. "It is certainly not right," he told the Texans, "for the Soviet Union and Cuba to jump on Dr. Brzezinski when I am the one who shapes the policy after getting advice from him and others...
...some rather strange behavior, shifting from one foot to the other. It should have warned me, but my mind was still on the infant chimps. Suddenly Lana's body hurtled through the air at me and landed against the wall with a ferocious crash. I was expected to jump away in fright, which would have pleased her. But my reactions are always lethargic, and I didn't move - except to blink...
...That's it! We'll start the show with a jet. Turn up the sound real loud, like a real landing-we should be careful, though, this new Sensurround business has actually made the dice jump off the table-and drag the plane onstage with beautiful stewardesses in gold bikinis on the wings...