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Last week in a "not-for-attribution" speech before a Washington meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Vice President Richard M. Nixon fell afoul of these journalistic niceties. As soon as he finished his speech, reporters crowded around, asked Nixon if they could pin his words on a "high Government official." Nixon agreed, and newspapers all over the U.S. played up two Page One news stories, both from a "high Administration official." One story reported that he said the U.S. may throw troops into Indo-China if the French pull out, while the other quoted the anonymous official...
...whole operation is masterminded by J. J. Coveney, the superintendant, who directs the care of the machines and chooses the sweeping routes each night. Coveney, a soft spoken man who oversees the job in a pin striped suit and vest, was born and raised in Cambridge. Eight years ago he was one of a group that inaugurated the night sweeping plan. Since then, he has been coming down to the Yard on Hampshire Street to send the men out and keep track of their progress. There is a kind of camaraderie between the boss and the driving trio; they think...
...impressive three under par at the 13th, he hit his tee shot short. "I didn't come here to play it safe," he announced to the gallery, and he gambled on a long, bold wood to the pin. He lost. His ball trickled into the brook that guards the green. He holed out two over...
...brash Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey jumped up, expounded his own tax views, and was quickly routed when Millikin said: "That is an Icarian syllogism." Humphrey, looking blankly toward the presiding officer: "Mr. President, that is too much for me." Millikin explained: "In other words, the Senator from Minnesota would pin wax wings on his own back in an attempt to fly. However, because of his unsure base, he would land in the ocean." Understanding dawned on Humphrey's face. Asked he: "Is not that just another way of saying I am all wet?" Millikin just smiled...
...McCarthy committee staff as an unpaid consultant on psychological warfare. Two months later, the team of Cohn & Schine got top billing on two continents as they breezed through U.S. Information Service posts in Europe in 18 days, "to see if there's waste and mismanagement and to pin down responsibility...