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Word: yourselfing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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His face perspiring, his eyes red-rimmed, Nixon scarcely looked at his audience most of the time, his eyes focused down and to the side. In one stunningly incongruous and belated insight, considering that it came from a man who was brought down by his own congenital suspicion and mistrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RESIGNATION: EXIT NIXON | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

When Nixon was considering resigning from the Republican ticket in 1952 over a campaign-funding scandal, Pat helped persuade him to stay on. "If you do not fight back but simply crawl away, you will destroy yourself," he later quoted her as having told him. Three minutes before he went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: PAT NIXON: STEEL AND SORROW | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

For maximum effectiveness, the psych requires a jugular instinct for a rival's weakness-his most intimate ambition, an insubstantial boast or a small, fresh scar-and a sure knowledge that except on certain social or sporting occasions, the only boy on the home team is yourself. Jack Nicholson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

The other woman is Helena Kallianiotes, who played a schizy hitchhiker in Five Easy Pieces. She was making a living as a belly dancer and recovering from two bad marriages when Nicholson took her home with him one night, said, "Pick yourself a bedroom," and welcomed her simply as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

According to a transcript of the meeting, Connally urged Nixon to raise the parity to 85%. He noted that during the 1972 election, "you're going to have to be strong in rural America." He pointed out that the cooperatives were "amassing an enormous amount of money that they're...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: More Evidence: Huge Case for Judgment | 7/29/1974 | See Source »

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