Word: slips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...somewhere between the declaration with the Soviets and his deal with Dayan. During his 35-minute address, Carter touched on many of the code words and phrases most cherished by both sides in the Middle East debate (see box). He supported legitimate Palestinian "rights" ?which Carter, in a slip of the tongue that drew a chuckle from even the somber Dayan, first called "Panamanian" rights. (One Latin American delegate observed, "He's hung up on the canal, and rightly...
...result was bewildering chaos and confusion, as well as some entertaining legislative theater. Fearful that one of the 508 amendments might slip through, weary Senators set up camp in and around the chamber, trying to catch a few minutes' sleep and listening for the bell that signaled roll calls. After several votes that were made harrowingly close by the absence of heavy sleepers, Byrd ordered aides to compile a roster of Senators, listing the nooks and hallways where they were catnapping, so they could be roused in time. Abourezk and Metzenbaum spelled each other occasionally and consented to several...
...their talks, Dayan stressed Israel's worries about border security. If Jordan once again controlled the West Bank, he insisted, Palestinian guerrillas might easily slip into Israel to carry out terrorist attacks. The gist of Hussein's reply: "You now control the West Bank. You have your army, police and security services. Have you been able to stop the terrorists? I might even do better than you have done." In the end, Dayan proposed a "functional partition" of the West Bank in exchange for a nonbelligerency treaty. Under such an agreement, the Israelis would maintain Jewish settlements...
Watching Scofield slip effortlessly from dying Volpone to robustious Fox is as fascinating as the unfolding of his intricate schemes. One minute he is the Venetian magnifico, reveling in his gold and his audacity and boasting that even "the Turk is not more sensual in his pleasures than Volpone." The next he is an old man of faltering soprano. "Oh," he says, "I am sailing to my port and I am glad I am so near my haven...
...Boston Red Sox destroyed the Detroit Tigers yesterday, but still managed to slip back in the A.L. East standing, the helpless victims of the Yankees' doubleheader sweep at Toronto...