Word: spares
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps he will begin to emerge in future episodes. One hopes that later programs will spare us the pageantlike pace of George Schaefer's direction and give us some supporting characters who are not just mouthpieces for historical exposition. From them we might learn something of the spirit of a time in which a figure we are expected to regard as a demigod had an uncommon number of enemies. At the very least they should goad the central figure into some emotion less tedious than all-forgiving humility...
...entertaining account of the voyage. He describes, with no attempt at ridicule, the boys' affairs with Polynesian girls, their meetings to hash out problems: after nearly 14 weeks at sea, they finally agreed that below-deck work duties would have to be formally assigned. Nor does Lipscomb spare himself in describing the strained relationship with his son. As John became more confident, he more and more resented his father's presence on the boat. At one point, he blurted out his feelings about his father, who had never allowed him to crew for him during local Thistle-class...
...jealousy or pure inattention, U.S. Presidents have seldom used or even properly broken in their Vice Presidents. John Nance Garner, who served from 1933 to 1941 under Franklin Roosevelt, described the job as "a spare tire on the automobile of Government." Almost every modern President promised that he would upgrade the vice presidency and exploit fully the talents of the man who occupied the post. None succeeded...
...year, you'll breathe a sigh of relief, being safely ensconced in a House, a field of concentration, a circle of friends and set of things to do in your spare time--but it's by no means over...
...does Muggeridge spare himself...