Word: zagging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just short of a two-year high. Arthur Bremer's pistol seems to have ended or seriously diminished the threat from the right of a third-party George Wallace candidacy. But above all, Nixon has the presidential power and political freedom to zig and zag. In his press conference last week, for example, the President announced that the Paris peace talks will resume next week -during the Democratic Convention. Thus the prospect of negotiations in the midst of the campaign may mute the antiwar attacks of the Democrats, who would not want to invite charges of undermining a possible...
Diplomatic Zag. The Chinese had reason to be satisfied. As most of the world read it, the communique that Nixon and Chou signed in Shanghai seemed to show some important American "concessions" to Peking on the Taiwan question. For the first time, the U.S. formally adopted the position, held by both Nationalists and Communists, that there is "but one China and that Taiwan is part of China." But coupled with the promise to "ultimately" withdraw all U.S. forces from the island and the lack of any mention of the U.S. defense commitment-a commitment that Nixon later reconfirmed-the communique...
...Rolling," the angelic choir, clad in bell bottoms, backed him up with seastorm voices. They took to hooting and whistling while Yevtushenko writhed in the fog of 20th Century pain, a favorite theme of his. Then the chorus began to chant "push-and-shout, push-and-shout, zig-zag, zig-zag" and they howled an assortment of animal groans. This was done in a kind of dialogue with Yevtushenko and Barry Boys who at some point began to alternate verses. I don't recall if the poem ended on a zig or a zag...
...viewers desiring drama, the network has dreamed up The Immortal, all about a guy whose blood type makes him immune to disease-as well as aging -and hence is on the run from all those other guys who want his secret; Zig Zag, featuring a trio of master criminologists consisting of Ralph Bellamy, George Maharis and Inger Stevens; and The Silent Force, concerning the fight against organized crime. If that is not enough high drama, every Monday night you can watch N.F.L. Football, which does not really need any explanation...
...night in Tijuana was a lot dingier than we had expected, even though we had been there before. It is really a grim city. American cars without mufflers from the early 50's roar in zig-zag patterns down the gray, blotched sidewalks. Pre-teen hookers and wiry heroin-pushers alternate street corners. A lack of curiosity and daring kept us moving past them towards tourist shops...