Word: scooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leading Republican candidate for 1976. In conversation, the President usually leads off his private list of possible Republican standard-bearers with his deputy's name. In the Harris poll, the Vice President leads the Democratic front runners for 1976, Senators Edward Kennedy (48%-44%) and Henry ("Scoop") Jackson (43%-41%). "Ford's different, refreshing, new," says Kentucky's Republican Senator Marlow W. Cook...
...major oil companies to add to their boards a "public" director appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. He would act as a watchdog, scrutinizing every aspect of the company's operations. Republican Senator James Buckley of New York, who opposes the idea, says: "Any bill with 'Scoop' Jackson's name on it must be given a good chance...
Just that was supposed to take place at the SALT II talks, which began in Geneva last March to seek a permanent agreement on limiting offensive nuclear arms. However, those talks appear to have bogged down. Under pressure from the Pentagon and Congressmen like Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson of Washington, who believe that the U.S. conceded too much at SALT I, President Nixon has insisted that the permanent agreement give both countries roughly equal numbers of nuclear weapons. Last October the Russians reportedly offered to halt technological improvements at the level attained by the U.S. but insisted on keeping...
...importance of the press. Entertaining as the style is, however, he's presenting a serious critique. What emerges most strongly are the hazards of pack journalism. The reporters have achieved a peculiar fraternity of chummy fellow travellers who, at a moment's notice, will forsake each other for a scoop...
...Duck) was printed in big red type last week, and it read: WATERGATE au CANARD. To the delight of the editors, one of Le Canard's cartoonists, Andre Escaro, had stumbled on an attempt to install bugging devices in the paper's new offices. The result: a scoop that had the government embarrassedly denying any knowledge of the affair, opposition Deputies demanding explanations in the National Assembly-and a sale of 660,000 copies for Le Canard, 210,000 more than the usual...