Word: scoopfuls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is a sort of poetry in absorbing the details of the construction process. Many a day have I laid aside my books and stared intensely at the backhoes, as they scoop dirt up, swivel around, dump it elsewhere and pat it down. This is an immense improvement over watching the cars that sat stationary in the lot all day, which was the only distraction my window provided before the construction began...
Just like an eager young hunter, the Washington Times is proud of its first big trophy: Congressman Barney Frank, whom the paper bagged in a story two months ago about a male-prostitution scandal. The paper followed up that scoop two weeks ago with claims that Frank and other Congressmen used the private House of Representatives gymnasium for sexual frolics. Though editor in chief Arnaud de Borchgrave bristles at the notion that the Times is turning to tabloid-style journalism to make its mark in the nation's capital, he slyly promises "more to come." Some Washingtonians may take that...
...task seemed forbidding, so I sought out an ace Crimson reporter. "Scoop," I asked, "maybe you can explain it. I can't figure out why ice cream and jello are always available, but never a really juicy piece of fruit...
...speak with you," Scoop waffled, "but you should speak with Deep Throat. He'll explain...
THERE are only two things in this world that journalists love more than their typewriters: a good scoop and a response from a reader. Just imagine, then, this reporter's glee when he received both in one day last week...