Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most immediately affected will be the six men facing trial on Sept. 30 for their roles in the Watergate cover-up-John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, John Mitchell, Kenneth Parkinson, Gordon Strachan and Robert Mardian. Many lawyers felt, in the aftermath of Ford's announcement, that the President had given a big boost to the defense...
...aftermath of Watergate, attempts will be made to diminish the power of the presidency. I would caution against any action that would severely restrict the President in effectively leading the nation. There are, of course, lessons to be learned from Watergate, but I believe that there is no substitute for a strong presidency. To suggest that presidential advisers require Senate confirmation and that all presidential discussions, records and documents be subject to congressional scrutiny would, in my judgment, be sheer folly...
...many weeks, the newspapers that had remained sympathetic to Rich ard Nixon-or at least open-minded about his guilt or innocence-were under growing pressure to change their positions. Last Wednesday morning the dam broke. In the aftermath of Nixon's latest disclosures about his involvement in the Watergate coverup, a number of major newspapers that had been on the fence called for Nixon's resignation or impeachment...
...reason for edginess was that both sides were still suffering the emotional aftermath of the Ma'alot raid, in which 27 Israelis were killed, and the Israeli reprisals on Palestinians in Lebanon that killed at least 50 more civilians. Last week Israeli gunboats, protected by aircraft, shelled the Rashidieh refugee camp near Tyre, killing seven Palestinians and wounding 13. Later Israeli jets bombed Lebanon's mountainous Arqub region near the Israeli border killing at least three more. Palestinian guerrillas threatened to avenge those attacks with suicide raids inside Israel...
...first time that Sowle, 46, had had to deal with student disturbances. In the wake of the 1970 Cambodian invasion and the deaths of four students at Kent State, he had successfully steered Ohio U. through the chaotic aftermath with a minimum of violence. But the recent events, he said last week, were "the straw that broke the camel's back...