Word: spun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sears in his previous testimony had spun a strong web of circumstantial evidence to support the Government's charge that Mitchell and Stans illegally tried to ease the tangled problems of Financier Robert Vesco with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As his part of the deal, claimed the prosecutors, Vesco made a secret contribution of $200,000 to President Nixon's campaign in 1972. But then Sears, 54, lawyer, former G.O.P. leader in the New Jersey senate and political handyman for Vesco, turned to Play-Doh in the skillful hands of Peter E. Fleming Jr., Mitchell...
...dealer visiting Magritte at his unremarkable suburban house in Brussels was met by the surrealist in his normal business-suit attire. At tea in the parlor, the visitor dropped something, bent down to pick it up, and experienced an agonizing kick in the backside. When he spun round, he saw Magritte imperturbably stirring his cup as though nothing whatever had happened. As in life...
...third and final goal for Penn came with 10:06 left in the match, as John Borozzi dribbled up the middle and sent the lead pass to Dick Fennimore on the right. Fennimore spun and shot the ball to the far corner of the net where Kidder couldn't reach...
...Alex Danso, with an assist by the Brown goalkeeper. Danso drove in toward the net, where the goalie was readying for a save. But when the goalie attempted to jump on Danso's kick to prevent its reaching the net, he fell onto his back and the shot spun off him into the net, sparing Harvard yet another shutout...
...mixing" of Executive and judicial functions rather than a separation. "The Constitution mentions no Executive privilege, much less any absolute Executive privilege." If the President's claims were accepted, the Executive Branch might deny public access to all documents. "Support for this kind of mischief simply cannot be spun from incantation of the doctrine of separation of powers...