Word: nixonization
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...eastward expansion since the end of the Cold War - it now numbers three former Soviet Republics among its members, and most of the East European states that were once bound to Moscow in the Warsaw Pact - has been a dreadful blow to Russian pride. Dimitri Simes, president of the Nixon Center, believes a quiet agreement is possible: "Privately, Obama can tell the Russians that there are no plans to let these countries join NATO ... but [Russia] can help by making it clear [it] will not attack or destabilize any of [its] neighbors." Even a private agreement, though, would risk being...
...There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape.' RICHARD NIXON, reacting to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, on newly released audiotapes...
...1970s ever need Farrah Fawcett. Watergate and the Nixon resignation, soaring crime rates and gas prices - bad news everywhere - had the nation in need of a tonic, or a diversion, which is almost as therapeutic. Who could have guessed it would come in the trim form of a Texas blonde with a no-quit smile? That would be Farrah Fawcett, or Farrah Fawcett-Majors, as she called herself in her prime. (Not that there was ever a Farrah Fawcett Minor.) (See the 1976 TIME cover Charlie's Angels...
...Nixon, Richard M. • 154 new hours of taped conversations with - the most reliable source of comedy in the history of the English language - are released, featuring such gems as the awareness of that abortion is sometimes necessary (like "when you have a black and a white"); the opinion of that the problem with Jews "may be they have a death wish. You know that's been the problem with our Jewish friends for centuries," and the suggestion by that Republicans should find attractive female candidates ("Understand, I don't do it because I'm for women...
...need to avoid trying to be too funny. Is the humor element to the show something you're still trying to feel out? People want to be entertained. I don't want to see people facedown in their salad. You don't have to be half of a Frost-Nixon interview every time...