Word: wagging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wickedly partisan wag suggested that Republican Fund Raiser Maurice Stans' safe ought to be acquired by the National Archives because so much of the Nixon Administration's history will be based on the safe and its contents. There is just enough truth in that to make one ponder the inordinate obsession of Washington with the dollar...
...also meets Washington's demand that a coalition government must not be forced upon Saigon. U.S. military aid to Saigon would probably be strictly limited to defensive weapons. Since the plan would almost certainly result in the resignation of Thieu, it has been described by one Washington wag as being 'in reality a Thieu teared plan...
Still, there was no doubt that these were Nixon people; many had quietly financed Republican candidates in the past. One wag dubbed the shindig "the Republocrat Convention." As Connally greeted Fort Worth Oilman W.A. Moncrief, he said to Nixon: "This man is a big giver, Mr. President, and he never asks for anything in return...
SHADOW OF A GUNMAN. Revivals can be triggered by several fallacies. One is that if some event makes headlines today, the knowledge that it has happened before, say half a century ago, will electrify and elevate playgoers and perhaps lead them to wag their heads sagely while muttering "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
During the past decade, downtown Detroit has lost so many businesses and middle-class residents to its surrounding suburbs that a local wag once cracked: "Will the last company to leave please turn off the lights?" Rather than wait for that dismal moment, Henry Ford II has a better idea. Last week he announced that the Ford Motor Co. will sponsor a $500 million development to lure people back to the center city...