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Suddenly it is fashionable in Washington to fret and fulminate that a palace guard has separated Nixon from realities. In the White House, the key figures around the President are Staff Chief H.R. (Bob) Haldeman, Domestic Affairs Aide John Ehrlichman and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. Because of their ancestry???and their closemouthed habits?the Teutonic trio is now known as "the Berlin Wall" in the White House pressroom. One Administration official calls them "all the king's Krauts"; another speaks of "the throne nursers." Kissinger refers to the other two as "the Praetorian Guard," and Haldeman and Ehrlichman...
Much of Mr. Justice Holmes is explained by his ancestry???much not only of his age, but his ability. One of his grandfathers, Abiel Holmes, a New England clergyman and historian, lived to be 74. His other grandfather, Charles Jackson, who also served on the Massachusetts Supreme Court, lived to be 80. His father, Oliver Wendell senior, lived to be 85?to be exact, 85 years and 39 days. So Justice Holmes is not yet as old as his father, although he will soon...
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