In a 1967 article about Richard Helms, then the new director of Central Intelligence, Time made the linguistic jump to spookdom: “When he surfaced in 1952, it was as deputy to the chief of the plans division, the so-called ‘dirty tricks’ department, which handles espionage and other undercover operations.”

[M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; …

She thought for a moment, trying to remember; then she told him, twenty-third Psalm, King James version, as best she recalled.

Sometimes on television they tell you a product is good for headaches. I don't want something that's good for headaches. I want something that's bad for headaches. And good for me.