Word: spun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offers some hope of fresh starts in the U.S. In its appeal to both left and right, it can provide a common denominator for those who feel ignored and bypassed, and voice their imperative demand for new solutions, bolder ideas-and bolder men. Besides, it was not spun out of some overratiocinative brain; it has roots. James Clotfelter, professor of political science at Emory University and a close student of populism, says that it "has the potential of moving people into the future in the name of ideals of the past." It is a future, in other words, that might...
Will Rogers' act is hard to duplicate, because it was never prepared. He spun his jokes and anecdotes as he went along, rambling freely from one subject to another. But Whitmore pulls off a convincing transformation. He drops into Rogers' loose slouch and takes up his labored, bow-legged walk. He alternately fiddles with a lariat or stuffs his hands into his pockets. Whitmore even picks up Rogers' twant and grin. Most all all, he exudes an infectious warmth and enthusiasm. If the act sometimes seems planned or forced, there moments are mere exceptions. You rarely question...
...Irving's outrageous story collapsed in on itself, one principal element in the puzzle loomed ever larger and more baffling: Where had the material he spun into his summa of non-books come from. All the supposed Hughes letters, now clearly revealed as forgeries, and all the affidavits of supposed meetings with Hughes had helped Irving create an atmosphere of verisimilitude. But the essence of its apparent validity-and the key to the big con job-had been the words in the manuscript itself. Several experienced editors and publishers at McGraw-Hill and LIFE magazine had read Irving...
...seconds of silence that would occur if the record needle was placed at the beginning of the record. Cueing-up is accomplished by starting the record and letting it spin until the first note of the song. The record player is then turned off and the record is spun back a quarter turn. Now all I had to do was to remember to switch the record from the studio system to the broadcast system...
...biggest loser will be First Western, a bank that was originally spun off from A.P. Giannini's Transamerica Corp., and has been owned at various times by two Texas tycoons, Troy Post and James Ling. Its current owner is World Airways, which has made millions in the past decade, largely by hauling troops and equipment to Viet...