Word: junketing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Rose Mary Woods met Richard Nixon in 1947, she was a secretary for a House committee studying the Marshall Plan and he was a freshman Congressman serving as a committee member. She noticed him because, after a committee junket to Europe, Nixon turned in the only expense account "titled, totaled, signed and all properly done...
...amnesty. Those who fled the war might have made a mistake, but "it is a rule of life, we all have to pay for our mistakes." He added: "Those who served paid their price. Those who deserted must pay their price, and the price is not a junket in the Peace Corps or something like that...
...country any way he wants to, regardless of what people say? He admits to it offhandedly; he is convinced that he has The Mandate. So he dismantles poverty programs, jails reporters, and makes pompous statements about draft resisters: "...[they] must pay their price, and that price is not a junket in the Peace Corps, or something like that, as some have suggested. The price is a criminal penalty for disobeying the laws of the United States." My ex-roommate, the same one who woke me up to tell me about the end of the world, is a draft resister...
...Spring's difficulties, resigned in late summer. Dunlop installed in his stead Edward T. Wilcox, a personable man who had been friendly to the Union during his tenure as director of the General Education program. Dunlop also sent Regina Kyle, assistant professor of English, on a cross-country junket to research the problems of teaching fellows at other universities, and prepared for the Union's fall organizing drive, hopeful that the tuition abatement program would limit Union strength...
...watching on television get the idea that it is some kind of folk festival, it is not quite so hearty. The huge hall engulfs the guests, much like China itself. Nixon is a dim figure with Chou, nibbling at his shark's fin dish and supping his almond junket. Pat's red dress is a drop of warm blood in the gray...