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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Areeda suggested that since his field of expertise is "the intersection of law and economics," he would probably also deal with economic matters. "I'm not going to try to compete with the Council of Economic Advisers," he said. "But if the president chooses to avail himself of my abilities, I will certainly give him my advice...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: Ford Appoints Law Professor As White House Legal Counsel | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

...Marines tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas, and everyone inside was issued a gas mask. The tear gas had little effect. Armed National Guard troops finally arrived to back up the police, and they began firing into the air to quiet the crowd, but to no avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Death of an Ambassador | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

Like its two previous productions, the Repertory's Misalliance is an actor's play written by an actor's playwright. Everybody gets a meaty part with lots of juicy speeches. The three old hands in the cast avail themselves fully of their dramatic opportunity. Louis Turenne heads up the company with his amusing and robust portrayal of the "superabundantly vital" and philosophic underwear manufacturer. Bramwell Fletcher follows closely behind as Lord Summerhays, the fiance's father, a charming old aristocrat still foolish and alive enough to suffer at the hands of an unfeeling young Hypatia...

Author: By Elizabeth Samuels, | Title: Misalliance | 8/2/1974 | See Source »

...Clair: To avail the President, if your honor please, of a free and untrammeled source of information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The United States v. Richard M. Nixon, President, et al. | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

...pose a challenge: Who could take his featherweight literary sedative about marriage and sex in English high society and transform it into an exciting and riotous evening's entertainment? The Tufts Summer Theater company, as an exercise in dramatic machismo, has taken up the gauntlet, but to what avail...

Author: By Martin Kernberg, | Title: Taking Up a Coward's Gauntlet | 7/9/1974 | See Source »

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