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...home, but it will even be a disaster in Laird and Packard's own terms. It's not the speech, not the action even, but what it all says about the way decisions are being made, that makes old conservatives like Neustadt and myself come out of the woodwork...

Author: By Mike Kinsley, | Title: 12 Professors Visit Capitol Hill Along Their Road to Damascus | 5/15/1970 | See Source »

Just by existing he will play a political role. He can't help it. He is in the woodwork and everybody knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: France: Twilight of Grandeur | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...substantial. It has a television above the bar. It has a lot of those cardboard placards above the mirror above the bar to which are stapled things like Bromo, Cheez-its, crackers and tins of sardines, and Hav-A-Hanks. Third, the Harvard Garden Grill has a lot of woodwork and darkened wooden booths which is very nice. Last, it has big waitresses who look as if they only missed their rightful occupation and ended up, instead, arguing the accurate ages of their customers. Drinks are cheap, as in 15c beers, and the sandwiches are disgraceful. One refreshing aspect...

Author: By Marcei. Proust, | Title: One Entrecote To Go, Easy On The | 3/4/1970 | See Source »

...concert grand. An embarrassed unease settled over the hall while a technician frantically made repairs. Finally, Horowitz completed the piece and responded to the thunderous ovation with four encores. Said the famed firm's president, Henry Z. Steinway: "Each time this happens I want to crawl into the woodwork." Soothed Horowitz: "It's like a flat tire-it can happen any time." The odds: once in every 5,000 performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 6, 1968 | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

What is emerging from the woodwork is a heavily financed campaign to weaken the Federal Labor Act and abolish the National Labor Relations Board...

Author: By Ruth Glushien, | Title: Dismantling NLRB | 11/6/1968 | See Source »

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