Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel we need to return to sanity, wind down the committee circus in Washington, get the Watergate affair into its proper perspective and off the TV tubes and front pages, and get on to working on the real problems that face our nation...
...poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail-its roof may shake -the wind may blow through it-the storm may enter, the rain may enter -but the King of England cannot enter-all his force dares not cross the threshold...
...expressive reflection of his inner disdain and contempt for his questioners. When the nomination of the hapless L. Patrick Gray as FBI director was doomed, Ehrlichman did not urge its withdrawal, but suggested coldly: "We ought to let him hang there. Let him twist slowly, slowly in the wind...
...Home of wind and willy-willy...
...into artistic significance. Not many people will read her books, and not many will watch her movies. But she has her function nonetheless. She is thinking all the time and she rides the crest of every new fashion; she is worth keeping an eye on. When the cultural wind shifts, she rustles in the breeze...