Word: trapping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...appearance of two characters named Hannifin and Eisendrath in a recently published espionage novel called The Spy Trap that first quickened our interest. As the plot of The Spy Trap thickened, more and more characters sharing the names of TIME staff members began to turn up in the book. Reporter-Researcher Sara Collins (now Sara C. Medina), for instance, is a correspondent for an American press syndicate in the book; "Heiskell" is a Spy Trap code word and also the name of Time Inc.'s chairman of the board. Author Burton Graham provided the explanation: While he was working...
...Watergate committee; 34% did not. As interpreted by Haldeman, the two tapes he heard demonstrate that Nixon knew nothing of the Watergate cover-up at the time of the meetings. Though unconvinced by Haldeman's testimony, the Senators suspected that they were walking into a White House trap in their quest for the tapes. One theory, called "Paranoid Scenario No. 1" by New York City's Village Voice, is that Nixon-despite his statements to the contrary-really wants the tapes made public because they support his version of events; his refusal to release them now is designed...
...hint in the mail that some of the public may want in on the act. Wives and husbands are arguing about separation of powers, reporters are being forced to carry copies of the Constitution with them. And all those people who were reared on Perry Mason, whose steel-trap mind is always ahead of everybody else's, are wondering how come those fellows on the committee stammer, halt, fumble and they never get a witness to break down in tears and say "I did it. Take me away." I wonder...
...Khrushchev thaw brought renewed official acceptance. Much of her work was republished in Russia. At 75, she traveled to Oxford for an honorary degree, to Italy for a prize and to Paris. where 53 years before Modigliani had sketched her portrait. But fame, as Akhmatova once wrote, "is a trap wherein there is neither happiness nor light." Two years later, when she was buried with full Orthodox rites, her graveside was crowded with the Soviet literary establishment...
Brandishing his weapon, he shoots his way out of a police trap. Then, playing the pimp, he steals a white convertible and circles the car on a golf course. The tail lights flash on the green, and Cliff's song "You can make it if you really want (but you must try)" blares accompaniment. With childlike delight, he pursues the boss of the ganga runners through the streets of Kingston, shooting at his heels...