Word: nixonization
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Waldman is not the first presidential speechwriter to make the transition from the White House to the IOP. Raymond K. Price Jr., speechwriter for President Nixon and Hendrik Hertzberg, speechwriter for President Carter, both served terms as IOP Fellows...
...great mysteries of the century: the identity of Deep Throat. Dick's excellent premise is that it might be a pair of kids (Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams). They happen upon the Watergate break-in, then on a roomful of men in suits operating shredding machines full tilt. Nixon (Dan Hedaya) buys their silence by making them official dog walkers and unofficial advisers to his beleaguered presidency. They bring it down anyway, in a movie that sells out real satirical possibilities to its marketing potential as teen fluff. Everyone loses--except Hedaya, who keeps faith with his character's nutsiness...
Also to be honored at the ceremony is Ford, the 38th president, who will be recognized for "his honesty and integrity" and his efforts to restore confidence in government after the Watergate scandal led to Richard M. Nixon's resignation, a tribute from the White House said...
...cast personifies four adaptations to a harsh dating scene--detachment (inquisitive Carrie), aggression (lusty Samantha), caution (timid Charlotte) and neurosis (tense Miranda, played by Cynthia Nixon with a smile as brittle and quivery as the crust on a creme brulee). They're looking for not just love but also victory, over male entitlement, over a culture that despises older single women and over myths they can't compete with. In a pointed scene, the four watch a video in which a woman climaxes two seconds into a sex scene. "No wonder men are so lost," Miranda says. "They have...
...RUNNER-UP] SHELLEY BUCHANAN (5): campaigned for Nixon and Goldwater...