1858 National Rev. vii 395: In comparison with such words or gestures, George IV’s quarrel with Brummel was an ordinary tiff.at tiff, n.2
1972 National Rev. 22 Dec. 1416: Decter’s major charge against the libbies is that, basically, they seek not equal responsibility with men but flight from responsibility.at libber, n.2
1972 National Rev. 7 Dec. 1259: California has pioneered the concept of treating the mentally ill with an expanded system of community mental health programs. [This] shift from the ‘warehousing of the mentally ill’ in large state mental institutions has become a model for the nation.at warehouse, v.
1973 National Rev. 14 Sept. 1007: To get the real inside skinny we shall have to wait until you-know-who’s memoirs tell us what the butler really saw.at you know who, n.
1973 National Rev. 16 Feb. 192: The listener is tempted to conclude that this therefore is merely another highly forgettable political speech, something redolent of the rubber-chicken circuit.at rubber-chicken circuit (n.) under rubber, adj.
1973 National Rev. 14 Sept. 1007: To get the real inside skinny we shall have to wait until you-know-who’s memoirs tell us what the butler really saw.at skinny, n.3
1979 National Rev. 30 Mar. 416: We have to drive very slowly on dirt roads so that we can watch out for land mines, which the ters [short for terrorists — the Rhodesians’ term for the guerillas] love planting.at terr, n.