Word: pasting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...himself seems seized by a feeling of self-confidence and assurance that he has not always shown in the past. He is thoroughly at home in the White House. Unlike Lyndon Johnson, Nixon seems to draw an almost visceral comfort from his new habitat. Far from feeling claustrophobically fenced in, as his immediate predecessors often did, Nixon luxuriates in the ambience of privacy and power. For Kennedy and Johnson, "home" always seemed somewhere else. For Nixon, a man without deep geographic roots, home is now the apex to which he aspired for so long...
...Nixons' home, and like all first families they have quickly put their brand on it. White tie is back for formal occasions. Hard liquor was nowhere to be found at last week's diplomatic reception; the guests were served champagne and church-social punch. During the past eight years, the White House was a slightly manic mansion, with friends, newsmen, relatives, and buddies from old political and real wars bustling in and out. Among the Nixons' guests during their first fortnight were a few personal friends of long standing, such as J. Edgar Hoover, and some social...
McCarty said the Commission deals with "any and all affairs concerning the national security." He declined to give details of the group's past investigations until plans for the meeting could be made definite...
Harvard's Ed Gallagher began the scoring, slamming a 15-foot slap shot past the U. Mass. goalie at 1:56 in the first period. Six minutes later U. Mass. tied the game when Ken Steves slapped in a pass by Reidy...
...Mass. again scored in the first seven seconds of the second period to take a 2-1 lead. Reidy won the face-off, getting the puck out to Edwards, who passed it to Weldon. Weldon skated up the middle and shot the puck past Harvard goalie Paul Oldfield. At 16:11 in the second period the Crimson tied it on a blistering slap shot by Barry Johnson from the blue line...