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...defense. After some indecision, Bork ultimately maneuvered his way out, in part because Nixon refused to let him listen to the White House tapes. Three months later came the Saturday Night Massacre. Bork's name became a household word overnight when, as acting Attorney General, he fired Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox after Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, refused to do so. At his judicial confirmation hearings nine years later, Bork said he acted to prevent chaos at the Justice Department and moved quickly to assure continuation of the independent probe. That seemed to settle the matter...
Bork's opponents are being driven to an openly ideological fight in part because there is not much chance of blocking his confirmation on other grounds, though they can be expected to publicize the fact that he was the man who fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox during Watergate's Saturday Night Massacre. Says former U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee, a Bork supporter: "Bob Bork is probably the most qualified person to be a Supreme Court Justice from the standpoint of intellect, temperament and training." A former Yale University law professor who was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals...
...Neill then became a crucial figure in the Watergate crisis in 1973. When Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma failed to act after Nixon fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, the then-majority leader swiftly moved in to continue House investigations. He gave Congressman Peter Rodino of New Jersey the green light to begin impeachment procedures, becoming one of the crucial figures causing President Richard M. Nixon's resignation...
WITH THE TURN of the Screw, Henry James wrote perhaps one of the most controversial novels of the past century, a novel where two conflicting interpretations are both valid. Is it a ghost story or a psychological drama? The Innocents, an adaptation of the story, is William Archibald's attempt at resolving the issue. Originally meant as a movie screenplay,The Innocents has landed in Currier House, adapted to the stage by director Nicholas Martin...
Much of the blame lies in the choice of the play. James is a very cinematic, not theatrical, writer as Archibald realized. In a James novel, the descriptions of houses and landscape are so visually striking and can be as important as the interactions among the characters. Cinema is the perfect medium for bringing these descriptions to life. When theater attempts this, it is exceeding its boundaries. The cast and staff of Innocents trespass this boundary, perhaps innocently so, but the end result is only somewhat satisfying...