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Word: onescoopmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...news blackout will surely evaporate by the time talks conclude, as each party competes to broadcast its version of the proceedings. Until then, the prisoners of Thurmont will have to function largely without leaks, a handicap that often results in minor disaster and desperate attempts at onescoopmanship. The A.P. reported, erroneously, that Carter and Begin had talked for 3½ hours Tuesday night and would eat lunch with Sadat on Wednesday (in fact, the Tuesday meeting lasted only two hours and Wednesday's luncheon did not take place). A.P. recovered by getting hold of a pool photo of Sadat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Prisoners of Thurmont | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

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