Word: scooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Keefe brought Medlin to Manhattan, where the tipster soon had CBS News executives hoping that he would lead them to the scoop of the year. He threatened network employees with violence if he did not get his way, and emphasized his seriousness of purpose with a demonstration of karate-style kicks. "He's the most terrifying guy I've ever seen," said CBS News President Richard Salant...
...putting welfare burdens onto the states--rather than the federal government--to prevent future New York City's. The motive for Carter's wishful thinking on the Mid-East is probably more pragmatic: he needs to take an increasingly tough stance in support of Israel to head off Scoop Jackson in Florida, the state where only Carter stepped forward to challenge Wallace...
...Black Mischief, followed regularly throughout the '30s, always in Waugh's elegant, crystalline style. He traveled adventurously, a fascinated observer of the often comic clash between primitive and advanced cultures. From a newspaper assignment to cover the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, he got the material for Scoop, still a hilarious guide to the adrenaline world of journalism. Much of the novel's lunatic telegraphese was pure reportage. After the invasion, for example, newspaper offices heard a rumor that the Italians had bombed a native hospital, killing a beautiful American nurse. Editors demanded the story of "nurse upblown...
FAVORITE DRINK: The Franklin Fizzie (one part Dewar's Scotch, one part Hood milk, a dash of Quaker oatmeal, a cherry fizzie and a scoop of scrapple...
...together.' While we have so-called détente with the Soviet Union, we should recognize that we cannot necessarily depend on what they say. I think they have out-détented us." A British listener commented that Wallace "seemed to be trying to position himself where Scoop Jackson is, but he hasn't learned the names of the horses yet." In Brussels, Wallace discussed military issues with the U.S. delegation to NATO. Said one: "His questions indicated that he was following very carefully some fairly complex stuff...