According to Newsweek columnist Michael Isikoff, " The original plan had been to place it in an upcoming presidential speech, but WHIG members fancied it so much that when the Times reporters contacted the White House to talk about their upcoming piece aluminum tubes, one of them leaked Gerson's phrase — and the administration would soon make maximum use of it.

According to Newsweek columnist Michael Isikoff, " The original plan had been to place it in an upcoming presidential speech, but WHIG members fancied it so much that when the Times reporters contacted the White House to talk about their upcoming piece aluminum tubes, one of them leaked Gerson's phrase — and the administration would soon make maximum use of it.

0.035 seconds.