Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stanley Cloud's Essay "A Ghostly Conversation on the Meaning of Watergate" [Aug. 6]: I must say that Mr. Cloud's insight into the philosophies of our two most influential founding fathers was truly enlightening, as was his obvious understanding of the contemporary attitudes of the American people. It is too bad that most citizens fail to realize that they are not "children to be instructed and led," but mature, sovereign individuals upon whose trusted and respected responsibility this country was built and stands...
...President had spent long days in mulling over his line of attack. On Aug. 7 Nixon awoke at 2 a.m., took a notebook from his bedside table and wrote a six-page outline of the main points he wanted to make. That evening he sailed on the Potomac for two hours aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia with his favorite speechwriter, Raymond Price. The following day he asked his chief of staff, Alexander Haig, to poll the White House senior staff and others for their thoughts on what he should say and how he should say it. Suggestions ranged...
...Aug. 9 the President flew to Camp David with Haig, Price and Press Secretary Ron Ziegler. They were soon joined by a second speechwriter, Pat Buchanan, who is more conservative and hard-hitting than Price. For two days, both writers worked on the speech, with Nixon editing their copy by scribbling extensive notes in the margins and sometimes dictating new paragraphs to Haig. The speech was not finished until Aug. 14, the day before its delivery, when Nixon applied the finishing touches to the eleventh-and final-draft. The speech was so difficult to prepare, explained...
...protestations of innocence, however, TIME has learned that in the view of Justice Department officials in Washington, the case against him is growing steadily stronger, and that an indictment appears inevitable. Besides the two Maryland contractors prepared to testify that they delivered extorted campaign contributions to Agnew (TIME, Aug. 20), the Government has a third witness with a similar story. He is Allen I. Green, 49, president of a Maryland engineering firm, a man for many years regarded as one of Agnew's closest friends. Green reportedly has said that he gave kickbacks to Agnew about five times...
...known, is a pro. He is also the newest member of Britain's House of Commons. His spectacular upset victory in a by-election last month, combined with that of another Liberal on the same day, has set pundits pondering the possibility of a Liberal Party resurgence (TIME, Aug. 13). But for those who care less about which party is up or down than how entertainingly the game is played, the feat of Clay promises much more: a revival of wit at Westminster. As one of his admirers says, it should be "the next best thing to having Peter...