Word: treading
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...risk too great for Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as he pursues his oft proclaimed goal of transforming his ancient kingdom into one of the globe's most important nations. Last week reports surfaced that the Shah once again was stalking where most bankers fear to tread. According to aviation-industry experts, Iran's banks are preparing to grant a loan, thought to be as much as $250 million, to ailing Pan American World Airways, the de facto U.S. flagship air carrier. The loan could save Pan Am from a confrontation with creditors that might have ended...
...tempest of snowflakes descended on the trophy competition, junior Dick Raines tread too rashly through the treacherous turns and took a top-spin tumble. Though tripped up this time, Raines, who last year worked as a Guatemalan teamster, intends to take himself to the top of eastern alpine skiing. He titilated expectations in the tilt at Jimminy Peak last week where he tamed all other skiers and took the trophy...
...suggest that Harvard's meatless days are designed to soothe middle-class consciences is as valueless as pointing out that The Crimson's insistent demarcation of the true political path, be it ever so impossible to tread, is designed to soothe the conscience of Marxist boy-editors. It may be correct, but even if it isn't, who cares...
Alas, a full hour of Misch doesn't go by untainted. Here and there he slips up and tries to sneak in an old Jack Carter re-tread like "I was once so poor I used to walk into a restaurant and play for an omelette--what a tough crowd that was." Misch was fortunate enough this night to have a shill blurt out a well-timed "If you're funny enough--any egg will crack up," to obscure the dreaded silence. But he'd do best to refrain from the clinkers and stick with his own fresh material...
Carey had all the attributes of a winning New York candidate. Brooklyn-born and bred, he had the genial but "don't tread on me" demeanor of the neighborhood Irish bartender. A Roman Catholic widower with a dozen children, he was at home with the city's ethnic denizens who ask, above all, that they not be looked down upon. At the same time, he was acceptable to the city's liberals, the imperial custodians of party affairs. Though he served Brooklyn's most conservative district, he maintained a relatively liberal voting record. Besides, after more...