Word: zingers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plea to guilty and remain silent. The offer, said Caulfield, was quot;from the very highest levels of the White House.quot; He added that Nixon had been told of Caulfield's impending meeting with McCord and would be immediately informed of the outcome. Then Caulfield put in the zinger: quot;I may have a message to you at our next meeting from the President himself.quot; McCord said that he would not consider either a guilty plea or any offer of clemency...
...Johnny Horizon, an earnest-looking, middle-aged white outdoorsman who, critics say, cannot possibly appeal to the young, to ethnic groups and to those who live in cities, where the pollution problem is worst. His message, "This land is your land . . . Keep it clean!", is not exactly a zinger, either. The U.S. Forest Service has countered with Woodsy the Owl, presumably a wise and likable bird whose message, "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute," may have a better chance of reaching children; they in turn might be counted on to badger their parents about littering and similar offenses...
...good time would be purchased at my expense, which was only right. Cavett's purpose was to ensure that I would suffer all the shocks, surprises, pitfalls and confusions that afflict the host five shows a week. He succeeded. No sooner did Cavett sit down than he tossed a zinger...
...ZINGER AGAIN): You can't. (SIGHING.) I see. . . Well, moving right along...
...only Republican thing about Barbara Howar is her famed friendship with Henry Kissinger, Washington's most sought-after bachelor. A stunning blonde zinger from North Carolina, Mrs. Howar, 36, got her social start as a Johnson campaign volunteer in 1964 and as the wife of a rich Washington builder, from whom she was divorced three years ago. Since then, she has lived largely by her wits (which are considerable), doing TV interviewing and being an exciting presence at parties along the Potomac?many of the best of which she herself gives in her small house in Georgetown for an eclectic...