Word: leaked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nixon met in Washington with Premier Golda Meir to discuss new United States aid to Israel. A day earlier, in an off-the-record meeting with Chicago newspaper editors, the President mentioned the possibility of American intervention in the Jordan crisis (see WORLD). His remarks amounted to a calculated leak warning Arabs to move cautiously. The Chicago Sun-Times published a story on it, which the White House made no real effort to deny...
Jesus, I thought. You mean that this woman has lived 60-odd years thinking that her presence in rooms causes the ceilings to leak...
...associations have all generally objected to such guards on planes because they fear the consequences of a gun fight or explosion in midair. But contrary to popular myth, a pressurized cabin will not explode if punctured by one bullet or even by several; it will simply develop a slow leak. More important is the danger that passengers or crew could be shot, as well as the possibility that a stray bullet could sever hydraulic lines or other vital controls and cause the plane to crash. Last week, however, President Nixon's proposal to put sky marshals on U.S. planes...
...Army has warned that water pressure might crack the seals of steel jackets which enclose the concrete vaults soon after the valves are opened to let sea water flood the Briggs. Some gas might leak then, the Army said...
...Michigan. With time out for the Army and a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, he has worked for the News almost continually since 1939. In Washington, Old Pete never flaunts his unique eminence, but he obviously enjoys it. When a friend called to ask if a big story had been leaked to him-he had a 24-hour beat on it-he chuckled comfortably and replied: "They don't leak stories to me. I'm just a barefoot boy from over the mountains...