Word: spinning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...until last week that the FBI finally finished the last of its six reports on Tower. On Monday White House aides put the best possible spin on the findings, claiming that "there is nothing in this report to indicate that Tower is unfit for office." Next day the President joined the steamroller, declaring flatly, "The allegations that have been hanging over this ((nomination)) have been gunned down...
Next to Muzak and talking cash registers, few spin-offs of modern technology are as irritating as the junk phone call. At virtually any hour of the night or day, the unsuspecting telephone subscriber is likely to receive unsolicited sales pitches -- some of them prerecorded -- for anything from opera tickets to Oriental rugs. But what about Dial-a-Communicant? That is just what a number of church groups across the U.S. have taken up in an effort to found churches or attract additional members...
...spin to the usual boy-wants-to-be-ballerina plot, Tom Collins aspires to be a florist; Mom insists he become a cop. Hence ensues a barrage of typical Pudding groaners about tulips, mums and pansies. Agent Tess Tosterone leads a deft rendition of the song-and-dance, "Police Don't Eat the Daisies," with her brutal kicks and clumsy spins...
Bush and many analysts foresee a radical change in the world's power structure that will take the ideological spin off superpower relations. One day, the new president expects, the United States will view the Soviet Union as just another country, one among many...
...aircraft, a military spin-off of the Boeing 707, normally takes a crew of four or five. It can carry a sizeable load of passengers even when carrying fuel...