Word: sat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the hour-long kaffeeklatsch, the President sat on the arm of the living room couch, and at one point invited Diehl, who was chairman of Iowa Farmers for Carter in the 1976 campaign, to stop by the White House to talk some more. Carter also chatted with Mary Diehl about her hobby of collecting arrowheads, and accepted a big hug from her granddaughter Wendy, 11. For Woody Diehl, the occasion was "beautiful." Said he after Carter's departure: "He's a farmer. He understood exactly what we meant...
...years back, though, or right about the time this year's senior class was taking SAT s, the Bruins got their football act together under the auspices of John Anderson. Last year's co-championship with Yale provided the act with a curtain call, and this season, despite two early losses, Brown, according to Crimson coach Joe Restic, "has the best personnel in the league...
...main streets of rural towns and prices began to slide seriously. Disgruntled farmers staged impromptu demonstrations. In Clarkfield, Minn., a tractor caravan of 500 farmers spearheaded a protest. Jon Wefald, a former Minnesota agriculture commissioner, urged the protesters: "Do like the sheiks did with the oil. One day they sat down and said: 'It's all over, boys. We're going to start charging you.' I'm waiting for you to do the same thing...
Slava rarely practices the cello; he seems always to be warmed up and ready to go. He can run on for days in a row without sleep. Some years ago, during a hectic concert tour, he sat down on a stage to play the Dvorak Cello Concerto and fell asleep during the orchestral introduction. Startled when his cue came, he whispered to the conductor: "You played that so magnificently that I was spellbound. Please start again...
...after the Yankees clinched the pennant, Martin sat alone in his office. At 49, his bony legs still showed the scars of his early playing days. He had lost his appetite during the season and now took pills to make himself eat. Steinbrenner was still on his mind. "I just can't be the kind of person George wants me to be," he said. "All those goddam meetings, stats, 40 laps in the outfield, discipline. Jesus Christ, discipline. He'd let Babe Ruth go for discipline...