Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After speaking to Carter, Vance had one more fruitless session with the Israelis, then returned to Cairo to brief Sadat before flying to Washington. By this time, his team was so demoralized that one member cracked bitterly, "This calls for a trip to the Wailing Wall...
...faces, blaming us for the collapse of the negotiations. The Senators and Administration spokesmen will join in happily. They will hope that we will crawl on all fours to Washington." Israelis were further infuriated over a statement by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who had just finished a trip to Israel and six other Middle East countries. Byrd warned that Congress "will be reluctant to increase Israeli aid while Israel continues to spend on the proliferation of new settlements on the West Bank...
...breezy Baedeker tour. As a result of Iowa Senator Dick Clark's upset defeat in last month's elections, McGovern is in line to chair the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, assuming incoming Foreign Relations Chairman Frank Church continues the custom of having such geographical subcommittees. McGovern's trip was partly intended to show that he not only wanted the job, but also was thoroughly prepped...
Like so much else nowadays, getting together is a big deal, a Major Industry in Itself. Conventions have become serious works of commercial theater, and they are programmed as tightly as a presidential trip. Indeed, for some major conventions, professional meeting planners will prepare detailed scripts, which can run to 300 pages: "Scene, ballroom banquet. 7:25, doors open. 7:40, waiters leave room for invocation. Stage, praying hands appear on movie screen . . . " Jay Lurye has hired a 120-piece marching band to awaken conventioneers for early morning sessions, and provided "pink elephant" breakfasts: a live baby pachyderm sprayed pink...
...likely to be marginal, given the extra shipping, printing and overtime costs that result from speeding up production. In the case of Bantam's Guyana special, these costs amounted to a high five figures. A majority of instant books break even, but some-notably The President's Trip to China and The White House Transcripts-were financial failures, with returns as high as 60%. The Pentagon Papers was their biggest success, with 1.66 million in print. "It is a high-risk venture," admits Stuart Applebaum, Bantam's publicity manager. Rena Wolner of Berkley is more blunt. Says...