Word: misses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press briefing. Father Lynch, who is coordinating the visit for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, tells us that the holy plane will arrive on time. "But it's going to be downhill from there," he says. Look at the times in your "bible" (news lingo for the itinerary); miss the bus and it's your tough luck. "If the buses are scheduled to leave at 3:30, and the Pope doesn't leave until 5:00, the buses will leave at 3:30." The Christian spirit...
...pain to go to lecture on Friday. This, after all, was a democracy. To my astonishment, half the class raised raised its hand. This half of the class was in essence saying that it would prefer for 30 to 40 per cent of the class to miss a lecture completely, rather than drag themselves to a lecture at noon on Friday. I found that display a disgusting and utter lack of consideration...
...other veteran Carter campaigners also set forth to support the President: Rosalynn and Miss Lillian. Both made forays into New Hampshire with indifferent results. Miss Lillian attended a Democratic picnic at Pulaski Park in Nashua, but she was overshadowed by stirrings of Kennedy support and by California Governor Jerry Brown, who was spending a day campaigning in the Granite State. Brown had originally intended to stay four days, but had to rush back home to keep his rambunctious Republican Lieutenant Governor, Mike Curb, from making any more trouble in the statehouse. (Brown has filed suit to restrain Curb from contravening...
When it was Miss Lillian's turn to speak, she sweetly told the audience that if Kennedy runs,"I hope to goodness nothing happens to him. I really do." There was silence at the tactless reference to the Kennedy assassinations. Later Miss Lillian apologized to Carter staffers, who do not need any further mishaps...
While Hurricane David made its deadly passage through the Caribbean two weeks ago, a successor storm named Frederic dawdled not far behind. Last week, Fred suddenly turned ugly and churned northward, forcing half a million people to flee a 100-mile stretch of the coast, from Gulfport, Miss., to Pensacola...