Word: bit
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...aware, this is the first time a President or President-elect has come to call on a labor union. We think this is a significant, symbolic gesture on behalf of the working men and women of America." Fitzsimmons had reason to be pleased: the visit gave a rare bit of favorable publicity to the 2.3 million-member union, the target of almost endless accusations of corruption and misuse of pension funds...
...before they could disappear inside, they nearly caromed off a flustered First Couple dashing belatedly up to greet their successors. Jimmy and Rosalynn quickly shepherded the Reagans back outside as the President pointed ostentatiously at his watch and said, "I think they're a little early." "A little bit early," Reagan chimed in. Now officially met, the two couples, each with arms entwined, dutifully smiled and shook hands for the press. Then they about-faced and marched off, the women to the private quarters, the men along the Rose Garden promenade to the Oval Office...
...mood was somber, almost melancholy, and the parting was a bit like two boxers shaking hands at the end of a bruising fight. After lunch and a final talk in the White House last week, President Carter cordially thanked his guest for the "very fruitful and constructive relationship" they had had. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in turn, praised Carter's "friendship, help and candor." The words were the warmest that the two men had spoken publicly about each other during four years of an intensely strained relationship. Said one of Schmidt's aides afterward: "They are probably...
...drop in at the converted first-floor library that serves as the senior citizen Friendship Center. Jerry Jessick, 17, center on the school's football team, and Classmate Kevin Gilhuly, 16, have scheduled a weekly game of Scrabble with Florence Stewart, 73, who has been slowed down a bit by a stroke. Says Jessick, admiringly: "She's very competitive." Other students watch and kibitz at games of "cutthroat cribbage" played after lunch by Martin Bethke, 86, and Milford Howell, 66. Says Butch Hogan, 16: "I'm just learning...
...they got here and they met their roommates and they went to the Mixer. They chose classes and turned in problem sets, weathered mid-terms and discovered Elsie's. Life began to settle down a bit. But to the freshmen it's still Harvard. And apparently it's one of the greatest, most exciting places on earth...