Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that was behind Richard Milhous Nixon. Now, at 56, atop the citadel of power, he was ready to stand before the thousands in the Capitol Plaza and millions watching TV across the U.S. to take his oath of office as the nation's 37th President. In his inaugural address, he set out to sound clearly the tone of his Administration...
...address was very much of a piece with the more thoughtful of his campaign speeches. It was hopeful without being euphoric, avoided partisanship...
Thus Nixon took extraordinary pains in framing his inaugural address. After maintaining a low silhouette since the election, he was anxious to set the right note with which to begin the exercise of leadership. The process began several weeks ago with requests for drafts from three of his speech writers and idea men, William Safire, Patrick Buchanan and Raymond Price. Nixon himself had read every previous inaugural address, picking as his favorites Lincoln's second inaugural, both of Wilson's, F.D.R.'s first three, the Kennedy speech and?surprisingly?the baroque oratory of Democrat James K. Polk. A favorite Nixon...
During much of the period between election and Inauguration, Richard Nixon purposely remained in the wings, saying little, digesting masses of reports from 21 study groups on problems ranging from the guaranteed annual wage to the post-Viet Nam economy. Now center stage is unavoidable. Nixon's first official address was an evocation of the striving and optimism that are basic to the American temperament: "We have endured a long night of the American spirit. But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light...
Upturned Faces. As he concluded his State of the Union address, Johnson put in an unusual word with the Congress for his successor. "President-elect Nixon, in the days ahead, is going to need your understanding, just as I did, and he is entitled to have it," said the President. "And I hope every member will remember that the burdens he will bear as our President will be borne...