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...reached in an Administration-it came rather early in Nixon's-where the President, normally the guest of honor, feels that his daily harassment by the media exhausts his tolerance for their company. On this occasion, however, Nixon decided to show up. The atmosphere was redolent with resentment. Afterward, while attending a party, I was called to a telephone. It was the President, and he was highly agitated. "Do you agree," he asked, "that we should draw the wagons around the White House...
...Afterward, I realized that for the first time in years after a presidential meeting I was free of tension. It was impossible to talk to Nixon without wondering what other game he might be engaged in. It was exciting but draining, even slightly menacing. With Ford, there were no hidden designs, no morbid suspicions, no complexes. I reflected again on the wisdom of providence. Gerald Ford was clearly not Nixon's first choice as successor; John Connally was. I could think of no public figure better able to lead us in national renewal than this man so quintessentially American...
...Harvard received a penalty. That 'meant that the icemen, up 2-1, were shorthanded for two minutes. Had Dartmouth scored a goal at that point. Harvard might not be in the playoffs. Late in the third period, the fans caused another delay-of-game penalty, and Dartmouth scored shortly afterward...
...topic relentlessly, speculating as to what category Dean Rusk, who had no hair, belonged: "My barber, who is a very wise man, said, 'Well, Mr. President, he didn't have much hair, but what he had, he parted.' " In my reply, I evaded this fascinating subject. Nixon disappeared immediately afterward, not mingling even for a few moments at the traditional reception in the State Dining Room...
Granted these questions are abstract ones, with no easy answers. But aside from a simplistic nine-page afterward. Mitchell's only efforts to resolve these enigmas of social responsibility are the graphic, tepid biographies of his heroes. With seven vivid examples of "mavericks who would not be silenced," the author whimpers through his point by implicit example. Unfortunately, the examples Mitchell chooses are banal and consequently they ring hollow. For example...