Word: secretiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This civility distinguishes Bush and Obama from many past rivals turned fraternity brothers sharing the secret handshake. Bush takes such rituals seriously, and he had tagged Obama long ago, during White House rush. When freshman Senators visited for breakfast in 2005, Obama wrote in 2006, Bush sought him out to offer some advice. "You've got a bright future. Very bright," the President said. "But I've been in this town awhile, and let me tell you, it can be tough." When your star rises fast, people will come after you from all sides, he warned. "So watch yourself...
...think Pat is going to be a big part of any success that we are going to have,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker says. “It was no secret that we struggled without...
...weirder.RR: Do you believe your character really killed John F. Kennedy?SAT: Yeah, I do.RR: Surely you must have some doubts?SAT: No, it’s got to be. Too much is at stake for it to be anyone else.RR: Would you consider a career in the secret service?SAT: I think I’ll stay away from public service of that nature.RR: James Bond or Jason Bourne?SAT: Bourne—Matt Damon’s better looking.RR: What’s it like being in a play with all these assassins?SAT: I don?...
...Harvard Crimson discovered an 82-year-old secret. Eight Harvard men were tried and expelled in 1920 on the basis of their sexual orientation. But in 2008, their story is mainly unknown to the undergraduate community. Filmmaker Michael Van Devere, a Harvard Extension School graduate, seeks to unearth the voices of these men in his film “Perkins 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920.” The film will premiere at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Hilles Cinema. The film derives its title from the dorm room Perkins 28, the alleged epicenter...
This was no amateur prank. Solid information is scant, but one thing is certain: a well-funded, well-organized, highly motivated group of people (good at keeping a secret of massive proportions) wants to get the word out that the Iraq war should end. At least by July...