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...answered that he had been so busy gathering other information for investigators and for the press that he had overlooked the book. "I didn't realize it was the big deal it turned out to be." Not very satisfied, Byrd remarked that getting the truth piecemeal was "a throwback to what we have had over the past two years." Flustered for the only time, Rockefeller responded: "I have to bitterly object to that...
...directness (though not the genius) of Verdi, the misty orchestral hues of Delius and a soulful melodic style that both Puccini and Sigmund Romberg might have liked. Given the longstanding American addiction to the new and different, how could any U.S. opera company take such a throwback seriously...
Personality Clash. The confrontation had been billed as the "shuttle series," a jet-age throwback to New York City's "subway series" in the 1950s between the Yankees and Dodgers or Giants. As sport, the series promised to be a clash between two powerful, well-balanced teams that were highly divergent in style and personality. From California's south came the young, efficient National League champions with their motto YOU GOTTA BELIEVE (borrowed from the 1973 champion New York Mets) and a Jack Armstrong image, represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said...
There were other disquieting notes in the statement. Ford described the operation as being "in the best interest of the people of Chile"?a throwback to an America-knows-what's-best-for-you line of years past that was particularly offensive to many countries. In addition, Ford did not make the small but crucial distinction between intelligence gathering and covert operations, which led some critics to suspect that he was not wholly familiar with the subject...
...open Administration. "Either the intention to be open with the press wasn't really there, or it quickly became subordinate to other issues," says Charles W. Bailey, editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. In an editorial last week, the Chicago Daily News discerned "the cold, clear sign of a throwback to the Nixon White House era of manipulating the press secretary and the press while the inner circle of cronies decided what degree of candor was affordable...