Word: benedict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beatrice he wrote that Ike "spoke of lunch as 'tiffin' and of gasoline as 'petrol.' I truly fear that London has conquered Abilene." Because Eisenhower said he regarded himself as an Ally rather than specifically an American, Patton said he was "damned near to being Benedict Arnold...
...only Republican to vote aye on all three accepted articles of impeachment, drew more heat from his constituents than anybody else on the Judiciary Committee. His mail, which at one point ran almost ten times the normal flow, was often angry and bitter. Constituents called him "Brutus," "Judas" and "Benedict Arnold"; representatives of 100 American Legion posts said they were afraid he would come out next in favor of amnesty for draft evaders and deserters (Hogan is an outspoken opponent of amnesty); there were even three telephoned threats on his life...
Rodino also studied the seminal writings of Edmund Burke, the 18th century conservative sage, who argued that impeachment should rest "not upon the niceties of a narrow jurisprudence, but upon the enlarged and solid principles of state morality." Three times the chairman read Historian Michael Les Benedict's 1973 book entitled The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. Rodino was frank enough to admit his awe at his onrushing responsibilities. "I lie awake at nights," he once admitted. "I just hope I'll be able to live up to them...
...curious fact that several lowans played important roles in the impeachment and acquittal of Andrew Johnson more than 100 years ago. Mezvinsky read about Iowa's Senator James Grimes, a bitter foe of Andrew Johnson, who became convinced that the Johnson trial was unfair. Grimes was compared to Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Jefferson Davis. The abuse and threats heaped on Grimes helped bring on a stroke that felled him two days before the vote. Yet the paralyzed Senator had himself carried to the floor, struggled to his feet, and called out firmly, "Not guilty...
...celebrities-yet-to-be retrace the footsteps of heroes and villains of the past, the traditions and the anecdotes pile up on each other. Take the strange case of Holmes House, which stood near the intersection of Cambridge St. and Mass Ave. In that one building, Benedict Arnold received his commission, Oliver Wendel Holmes was born, and the poem "Old Ironsides" was written. Any pattern is elusive...