Word: mouthfuls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White House aides accused many Democrats of taking a two-faced political attitude toward Carter. Protested a presidential adviser: "Some of those guys think they can vote against us whenever they like, can bad-mouth the President whenever they like, and still ask him to help them by attending fund raisers and campaigning for them." These aides insist that despite Carter's low ratings in the polls, the President's support will prove an asset to most Democrats seeking reelection. Argued one: "The voters continue to give him high marks personally. He's a good...
...alumnus of the Class of '69, I would like to see today's protesters put their money where their mouth is. Are they willing to pay the personal price of helping bring outrageous injustice to an end? Or is all the marching and shouting just another empty rite of spring? --Marvin Hightower
...play is more appropriate, or staunch underplaying when intensity is required. In one scene, Caesonia, Caligula's mistress (Sonia Martinez), tries to explain to Scipio (Matthew Horseman), a sensitive and innocent friend of the young Roman emperor, why Caligula had his father's tongue torn from his mouth and then slain for no apparent reason. In an attempt to make Scipio empathize with the personal torment of Caligula and understand the motives behind his random, merciless acts of violence, Caesonia pulls Scipio close to her and whispers...
...bring about the one real revolution in this world of ours, if people would only take it in. Try to call up a picture of your father's death, of the agony on his face as they were tearing out his tongue. Think of the blood streaming from his mouth, and recall his screams, like a tortured animal (Pause). Now think of Caligula (Pause). Now try to understand...
...Planes under instrument landing control are now brought through the approach area to the runway one at a time in a long single file, like a string of elephants entering a circus arena. The MLS lets planes head into what is, in effect, a huge electronic funnel whose gaping mouth is 80° wide and 20° high (the ILS glide path is only 6° wide and 1.4° high). With MLS, arriving aircraft can enter from several directions at different speeds, flying various curved approaches toward separate electronic "gates." MLS will thus permit more efficient use of runways...