Word: lackeys
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...Dartmouth's next possession, its punter fumbled the snap on his 12-yd. line, giving the Crimson another chance to widen the lead--which it did. Wingback John Manning's run into the end zone, aided by a good block by Roy Lackey, increased Harvard's advantage...
...small army of servants waits on the whims of the family. When a new husband of a Ventura bride wonders aloud why he sees the same lackey in crimson livery standing in the same spot every day, he is asked in return: "Don't you agree that a touch of red is needed just there, a complementary color to focus the green composition, as in a Corot landscape?" The woman who makes this reply is Celeste, the family's ultimate arbiter in matters of aesthetics, interior decoration and fashion. She is blind. Similarly, the renowned four-story library...
Past Policies to manufacturers have been "percentile and hoc,"Caton said, citing measure to bail out the floundering Chrysler Corporation. "That approach is like sticking Bandai's on a lackey life boat," he said...
When Nitze sought authority to discuss aircraft as well as missiles in INF, the bureaucracy moved to block him. Nitze complained that he was being "treated like a lackey." During one meeting in Washington, he snapped, "I'm not going to work in these conditions." The threat of a resignation was clear. Finally the Administration agreed to allow Nitze to continue discussions with the Soviets on aircraft, although he was tightly constrained from going into details...
...Nicaragua, the Administration is concerned that the Sandinista regime is a Soviet lackey and has been supplying arms to the Salvadoran leftists. On both counts, the Administration is probably not far from the mark. Tragically, though, American policy may have been what pushed the Sandinistas into the Soviet camp. When he came to power, Reagan cut off all aid to Nicaragua, which was forced to turn elsewhere--i.e. to the Soviet Union--for economic assistance. Then word began to leak out that the Administration had okayed CIA plans to overthrow the fledgling regime. The Sandinistas initiated a significant military build...