Word: stung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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George Bush has been stung by "Bushgate" and he jumps at the opportunity to deny any wrondoing. But his real concern is following his carefully-laid game plan. Bush hopes to recreate Jimmy Carter's successful drive to the presidency; he knows that Ronald Reagan cannot survive a second humiliation. But if he is to march triumphantly to Detroit in July he must run ahead of Reagan tomorrow or next week. To keep his candidacy moving, George Bush must hold to his campaign plan. That game plan leaves no place for defeat
...would be to no effect if Misia were just a lucky hanger-on. But as Diaghilev recognized, her taste was accurate. Her occasional criticism stung and enraged Stravinsky, who often played his music first for her. For decades she helped support the composer generously and without question. With the men she loved, she was not so wise. She had a pathetic way of attracting younger women into her circle who could be counted on to steal her man. She was as slow to see this as she was quick to spot the first signs of young genius. Roussy Mdivani...
...Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey legislature and the Philadelphia city council. When the FBI sting ended, its supervisors alleged that the honey pot of Arab money had attracted one U.S. Senator, seven members of the House and two dozen state and local officials or their corrupt cronies-all stung by facing possible charges of accepting bribes or being caught in an illegal conflict of interest...
...were stung. The scams ranged from Operation Tarpit in Los Angeles, where the expenditure of $450,000 bought some $42 million in hot goods, with 256 arrests, to Operation Lobster in Boston, where agents recovered 17 huge truckloads of stolen goods that were stuffed with $3 million in loot. As a result, Boston area hijackings dropped from about 50 a year to only two since this sting ended in March...
...setting is a sunny resort out of an oldtime picture book, but the drama is full of ominous shadows. Noel Black's unsentimental direction captures Lardner's subtle point of view, and so does the controlled acting of James Whitmore and Teresa Wright. When this couple is stung by bitterness, jealousy and regret, they never quite know what is happening: instead of stormy scenes, Whitmore and Wright offer flickers of anguish...