Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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King is supposed to be arriving at any minute, and everyone is waiting, although they also know he will have their votes no matter what. They are the representatives of about 90,000 members of organized labor unions throughout the state. They smoke cigars and wear King/O'Neill buttons. They ask you who are you going to vote for and tell a reporter she looks like her Daddy has a lot of money. They don't like Frank Hatch because he is rich and he looks like a wimp. Massachusetts will be like Miss Porter's if Hatch gets...
...Does it evoke the mood of an event or give insight into character? Our pictures are never merely decorative; they are meant to convey facts visually." By necessity, Drapkin is also a detective and travel agent, since, as he says, "the best picture in the world doesn't matter to us if it's not here in my office." Hunting down wanted pictures-and finding ways of transporting them to New York-consumes much of Drapkin's time, and on any given day he may be awaiting couriers from Nairobi, Tokyo or Jerusalem. "Getting a picture...
Instead of underlining issues such as Manila's demands for a Filipino base commander, local court jurisdiction over U.S. personnel accused of crimes against Filipinos and, certainly, the not small matter of rent (why should the bases be rent free?), TIME obfuscated the Philippine position by delving into how much money is being infused into the Philippine economy by whore-patronizing American sailors. Prostitution is a problem that knows no national boundaries and indeed, like journalism, is one of the world's oldest professions...
...fail, the child should be taken from its parents. With a rueful laugh Belisle recalls that when his own daughter was in first grade and the teacher asked what her father did, she replied, "My daddy swipes kids." Separating child from family is always a horrifying and legally difficult matter. "It's like being a member of the Gestapo," says Belisle. "As bad as you know the parents are, there they stand, in the doorway, screaming 'I love my child.' The neighbors gather, whispering and pointing. The mother starts calling you four-letter words...
...provide assurances that it will not try to assert its claims on the island by force. Peking may eventually meet these conditions, but so far its leaders are unwilling to discuss them in explicit terms. Whenever the subject comes up, the Chinese stiffen, saying Taiwan is an "internal matter" in which "China brooks no interference...