Word: slips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Watergate; that their main concern was "whether or not the other side was bugging us." And his motive for keeping the thing secret? No cover-up, just that "in everything I was saying, or certainly thinking at the time, was but...to sure that as far as any slip-over, or should I say "slop-over" I think would be a better word. Any slop-over in a way that would damage innocent people, or blow it into political proportions...it was that that I certainly wanted to avoid...
That was the high point of the first hour. During the last part of the interview Frost let Nixon slip away, like a large fish he just could not land, and Nixon broke the line and went skipping off into the blue Pacific. The last half hour was pure Nixon, corny maybe, but the Nixon who sold like Pringles to all those people in 1968, and to many more in '72--never mind those additives that give you cancer. Nixon on finally firing Haldeman and John Ehrlichman...
...motive in everything I was saying or certainly thinking at the time was not to try to cover up a criminal action but ... to be sure that as far as any slip-over?or should I say slop-over, I think, would be a better word?any slop-over in a way that would damage innocent people." He begins to ramble. "We weren't going to allow people in the White House, people in the committee [his re-election committee] at the highest levels who were not involved to be smeared by the whole thing. In other words, we were...
...high-scoring senior is the crease attackman; his job is to move without the ball and to take the best advantage of opportunities when they come his way. He is not in a position to take charge when the game starts to slip away. Several members of the team also mentioned that Chico just isn't the kind of player, personality-wise, to fill that role...
This time the 747-load of fools consists of rich folks being ferried to an art-gallery opening in Palm Beach at the lavish expense of its owner (James Stewart). Also aboard are many of his paintings and a gang of hijackers who gas crew and passengers and slip down below the altitude where radar can track the craft. Then they fly it smack into the ocean. The thing sinks but does not flood, thanks to some watertight compartments Stewart has thoughtfully provided for his artwork. Everyone behaves predictably. Pilot Jack Lemmon is valiant and resourceful, older character people like...