Word: novelized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...component of any Le Carré novel is its jargon-the trade terms used by secret service personnel. His invented spy lingo is so persuasive that it has convinced readers that spies actually talk that way. As a matter of fact, sometimes they do. According to their inventor, such Le Carré words as mole and honey trap have been co-opted by British and Russian spies; others are rapidly entering the language. Among them...
...Bert Lance ever needs another loan, he might consider asking William Safire. The Nixon-Agnew speechwriter-turned-columnist surely has the money, having made about $1 million from his bestselling Washington novel, Full Disclosure (TIME, July 4). He also has a personal admiration for Lance. "A likable man," says Safire, "and one of the very few in the Carter Administration to return my phone calls...
...York in 1962, and their two children. Tall, relaxed and balding, Safire, 47, collects rare books and knows his way down a wine list. He batted out Full Disclosure in the mornings, without missing any of his twice-weekly columns. "This is my fifth book [first novel], and the first one I've made a nickel from," he says. "I'm flabbergasted by its well-deserved success." Success is busting out all over for Safire. For the first time since the Carter Administration took office, Safire reported last week, other White House officials besides Bert Lance have begun...
Paul Newlin proposed the ban to prohibit all research "that would produce a novel organism" until the "ethical and social implications" of such research have been considered...
Holding divorced fathers responsible for their childrens' college expenses is not a novel concept because other states already have similar statutes, Westfall added...