Word: originated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...transcripts that the White House provided offer fresh details about the origin of the plan to bug the Democratic national headquarters, as well as precisely what the undercover team was after. At their March 21, 1973 meeting, Dean told Nixon that the operation originated with an order from Haldeman to "set up a perfectly legitimate campaign intelligence operation" within the Nixon re-election committee. In January 1972, White House "Plumber" G. Gordon Liddy came up with an incredible scheme that he said would cost $1 million. According to Dean, it involved "black-bag operations, kidnaping, pro viding prostitutes to weaken...
...matinee trade: go out for popcorn and you will probably miss something good. Among the movie's major attractions are a one-eyed centaur, a winged griffin, a six-armed bronze goddess who comes to deadly life, and a rather testy flying homunculus. These creatures have their origin in the imagination and the work shop of Ray Harryhausen, a special effects whiz. He brings them all alive in a process called Dynarama, which would appear to combine equal portions of stop-action photography, elaborate multiple exposures and a kind of gentle necromancy. Golden Voyage is really just an excuse...
...technical expertise of each member of the group was remarkably evident. Their stage presence, however, belied their virtuosity. The intervals between songs were filled with too much shuffling of feet, too many nervous jokes, and too little explanation of the origin and meaning of each song, with its Welsh or Irish or Breton lyrics. The program was musically weak only when the group moved from the folk-rock format to an attempt at hard rock. The attempt was shrill and unpleasant...
...Cambridge Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the origin of the blaze. No official report has been released, but spokesmen for both the Harvard police and the fire department speculated yesterday that a lit cigarette discarded in York's closet caused the fire...
Nearly five years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Sea of Tranquility, many questions about the moon remain unanswered. Indeed, some scientists feel that they may never completely learn the origin and history of the earth's immediate neighbor. Yet as a result of painstaking analysis of the 838 Ibs. of lunar rocks and the wealth of data collected by six Apollo crews, a fundamental understanding of the moon as well as of the early years of the earth is now finally beginning to emerge...