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...need to project a crisis atmosphere; Washington's concern was real. Rogers decided to spend the night on a cot in his office. Meeting followed meeting as news of the Syrian assault came in. At one point Nixon told Kissinger: "Let's you and me war-game this&#quot; and they worked the plans over to see, as Nixon put it, "where the weak points might...
...continued to roll. Kissinger got Nixon out of bed again at 3 a.m. to keep him advised. The President asked for a new reading on what should be done, called Kissinger back in just three minutes to get a report. Next day, Nixon created a new crisis group, dubbed &#quot;the principals&#quot; consisting of Kissinger, Laird, Rogers, Moorer and Packard. They worked over each recommendation of the Action Group for Nixon's benefit...
...quot;Right!", echoes an almost fanatical following-dedicated fans who are sure that by Election Day Comedian Mort Sahl will have reduced the major candidates to little more than a 5 o'clock shadow and a few odd wisps of singed hair. Often introduced in nightclubs as "the next President of the United States," Sahl is unlikely this year to achieve his stated ambition to overthrow the Government. That will take time. His audience is still narrow and his appeal is anything but universal. But he is the freshest comedian around; he is a permanent and popular attraction...
...Rome. Some rhymes, they found, are at least as old as the city of Rome. Horace described little children playing Rex erit qul recte faciet-the first version of "I'm the king of the castle." Petronius heard a small boy say Bucca, bucca, quot sunt hie?, which later became "Buck she, buck she, buck / How many fingers do I hold up?" At least one rhyme in nine, say the Opies, was known in the time of Charles I; a good half are at least 200 years...
...yourself and me. I am sick of both." To another he said: "I have been thinking . . . what creature you most resemble and 'tis the Rattle Snake : I am sure you have its Attractions, I think you have its Venom, too, and all the world knows you have its Rattle " quot;If I kept a harem," he once mused, "the ladies should all wear linen gowns...