Word: slaps
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...part, it is the old story of the fighting prosecutor who takes on corrupt big-city dragons. James ("Big Jim") Thompson managed to slap numerous unsavory politicians of both major parties, cops, sheriffs deputies and state legislators behind bars. Thus the U.S. Attorney for northern Illinois acquired a reputation as imposing as his 6 ft. 6 in., 200-lb. physique. Now the Republican candidate for Governor, Thompson, 40, leads Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's hand-picked candidate, Michael Hewlett, by such a margin that some Democrats fear their entire ticket may be doomed. Thompson's lead could deny...
...catch the roller skater stepped out from the wings about 100 feet of stage too early, etc. Slapstick succeeds only if there is a firmly controlled base, an unshakeable structure in time, space, and the coordination of the two; the Tanz Forum, lacking this, could only slap...
TIME has learned that Nixon himself phoned Lady Bird Johnson to express his dismay at the candidate's gratuitous slap at her late husband, an action reminiscent of less serious barbs Carter has hurled in the past at Humphrey, George Wallace and Edward Kennedy. Carter quickly called Mrs. Johnson to emphasize that he admired her husband and had spoken favorably of him elsewhere in the interview, but did not apologize, according to intimates of L.B.J.'s widow. Lady Bird described herself through an aide as "hurt and perplexed." The timing could hardly have been worse. Rosalynn Carter...
...prints impress: Emil Nolde, in particular, unfailingly achieves those surprising effects in the medium which prove a master. His three boat prints capture the slap of water in pitching black and white blocks and swirls; his Danish girl amazes with the sensuality of her red hair, rendered in what is merely a mass of scratches...
Ulam characterized Italian Communist chief Enrico Berlinguer's criticism of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czecholovakia, made during the conference, as "a slap on the wrist." He expressed uncertainty as to whether a similar Soviet action was now less likely as a result of the conference and document...