Word: secretiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...eyes would veil. And just when you dismissed him as no fun, he could surprise you, coming back on the plane to offer you a slice of birthday cake or winking in acknowledgment as he handed you a cup of coffee at a Cuban diner in Miami. Secret Service wouldn't let you reach out for him, but he could reach out for you, to joke about how the suit you're wearing looks remarkably like one on Hillary Clinton that the magazine had ridiculed that week. And if you peeked up at the front of Air Force...
...SECRET DEBATE STRATEGY...
...Staples Center 15 minutes early, a ball of nervous energy. He embraced his college roommate Tommy Lee Jones, and the two men took their own quiet turn around backstage together, winding up at the side portal from which Gore was meant to make his entrance. The Secret Service had hung a blue curtain blocking the crowd's view through that doorway, but there was a gap at the top, and Gore could just make out his wife on the Jumbotron. Tipper was talking about her father-in-law Al Sr., and his kindly face appeared on the giant screen...
...that surprising that Rove got lost. By then Bush had practiced in so many secret places that it was easy to forget which venue might be on the schedule. Back in the spring, his staff members had rented a small auditorium at the Texas State Bar Association building in Austin. The site was perfect: it was relatively new, was close to Bush's office in the State Capitol and had a small back entrance that made it easy for Bush to slip in and out. But then a Democratic member of the bar group objected, and the state association evicted...
...Then it was off to an "off the record" outing, which are so-called spontaneous events left off the schedule, but nonetheless carefully scouted out by the Secret Service. The presidential limo stopped at a handicraft store and bought some Christmas gifts (but Santa wants to keep them a secret), then to a chic cafe called Know One, Teach One. (You can e-mail them at kotohanoi@hn.vnn.vn). Crowds quickly gathered at each stop, and Clinton once more shook some more hands...