Word: quip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...substitute hero pushes the Crimson on top as the third quarter draws to a close. A Princeton mistake, another Harvard touchdown, and you have a tension-packed victory. And a hero, who filled the shoes of a stricken leader better than you could have ever hoped. Observers quip that the injured star will have a tough time even getting his job back...
...could be Allen with a wig and a nose job. But she lacks the timing of a really good comedian. When she's warned on her first husband's deathbed to remember that "Life goes on," she barely breathes between the moan, "I guess you're right!" and the quip. "Where do we eat?" Keaton pounces on that line like a hungry cat on a tin of smelly mackerel and in this case the bad timing is the joke...
...that tune, tempers were frayed in Washington as well as Saigon. Martin had drawn up a list of 500 Vietnamese to be evacuated; he refused to leave until all were safely gone. His delay prompted one Administration official to quip, "Martin got all 600 of his 500 Vietnamese out." Finally, at 5 p.m. Washington tune-it was then 5 a.m. in Saigon-Kissinger told the President that Martin was closing down the embassy and destroying its communications equipment. Minutes later, a helicopter broadcast the message: "Lady Ace Zero Nine, Code Two is aboard." Lady Ace 09 was the chopper...
With a scrutable smile of confidence and a quip of the lip-"I only visit friendly capitals," he told a welcoming wag who asked him why he did not stay longer in Washington-Henry Kissinger returned last week from a ten-day 18,400-mile tour of the Middle East and Europe. The Secretary of State assured President Ford and members of Congress that he had created the momentum necessary to break an impasse in the disengagement negotiations between Egypt and Israel. The test will come in two weeks when he returns to Cairo and Jerusalem for a further round...
...unsure of himself. During meetings with foreigners he perched on the edge of his chair (a traditional Chinese sign of subservience), speaking quietly and only when spoken to. In recent months, all that has changed. Visitors have observed Teng lounging casually and sounding off in extremely earthy language. His quip that the U.S. is a "fat man" who is gradually being "carved up by the Soviets" has been repeated all over China...