There are both positive and negative uses of the phrase.
However, Nixon's use of the phrase received little coverage until after the election.
The use of the phrase "running to stand still" dates to at least to the 1920s and 1930s.
This may be the first recorded use of the phrase.
Some Republicans cited her use of the phrase "right now" as telling.
The real key to understanding this miracle, however, is in the use of the phrase.
Another early use of the phrase is in Amos 5:18-20.
This book includes an early use of the phrase "the whole nine yards".
Another use of the phrase is to refer to society before the 1960s.
This was the first use of the phrase in an ecological context.