Word: whole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...midweek, Carter decided to speak directly to the American people by holding his first news conference since the Tehran embassy was seized. Because the 30-min. appearance before reporters and TV cameras in the East Room was a calculated risk, he prepared himself with special care. He spent a whole afternoon reviewing the fine points of U.S. policy on Iran with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Secretary of State Vance and fielding practice questions?about 25 in all ? thrown at him by aides. Former Imagemaker Jerry Rafshoon rehearsed Carter on the brief speech that would open the news...
...general attitude in Washington was that, although the Shah could be a most stubborn and inconvenient ally (former Secretary of the Treasury William Simon once called him "a nut"), he was on the whole a force for stability and moderation in the Middle East. In return for all the American help, the Shah did give a valuable assist to the U.S. in strategic, though hardly in economic, policy. Among other things, he set up electronic listening posts close to the Soviet border from which the CIA could monitor Soviet missile tests...
...AMERICAN BAR where they play real rock'n' roll, where the guitarist takes his axe to his groin, wringing out the sound that bends and twists his whole body, jitters his knees and pumps all the life up through his head where it spatters out to the crowd in beads of sweat. The sweat that salts the beers and the crowd sucks in every guitar lick. Yes, yes, yes, they want more. They are jumping and rocking their seats, pounding the table and singing out of key, and they don't want to do anything in the world but listen...
...Louise baked a few cookies as a favor to a storeowner friend who sold the whole batch within two days. That gave Sid an idea. Operating out of one kitchen, Sid, Louise, Jeff and David started Grandma's and began to sell their wares to small shop owners in the area. Within two years they were selling cookies to stores throughout the country. Now the Vermont business employs a staff of five, and has a $200,000 volume of business...
...Shah. To make a decision, the people must know the truth, and the press has failed in its mission to seek and spread the truth. It has bowed to special interests. It is helping push us towards a war with Iran that would be disastrous for the whole world...