Word: bennette
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left hand shot up to wipe the tears away and he stood for a long moment, head bowed, unable to go on. He did not turn away from the crowd. Seated on the platform behind him, his mother, Bina Dole, his 21-year-old daughter Robin, Governor Robert Bennett and Ford stirred uncomfortably. Then Dole's old friends out front in the street began to clap. The President and the others rose to their feet, applauding. Slowly Dole regained his composure and went on, never alluding to the incident...
...Dozen," but the investigators soon turned up another cache of FBI documents concerning the bag jobs. At least 20 agents including Malone and Assistant Director Andrew J. Decker face possible charges of burglary and conspiracy to violate civil rights, and have hired lawyers. Decker has retained the celebrated Edward Bennett Williams. But the most lasting damage was to Kelley's credibility and his efforts to buff up the bureau's tarnished image...
...through the sponsorship of scientific investigations -and related feats of derring-do-is a grand but largely abandoned tradition of U.S. journalism.* It was the New York Herald that sent Henry M. Stanley on one of history's most celebrated man hunts ("Find Livingstone!" ordered Publisher James Gordon Bennett Jr. in 1869). The Times backed Commander Robert E. Peary in the 1908 North Pole race with $4,000 and got more for its money than the Herald, which put $25,000 behind Dr. Frederick Cook. In 1922 the Times bought U.S. rights to stories from an archaeological expedition seeking...
...Edward Bennett Williams, L.H.D., criminal trial lawyer...
Midnight Blue Producer-Director Alex Bennett, who testified at the subcommittee hearings, argues that the show is not obscene, and its cancellation is "bully tactics because we don't have the money for legal fights. But we have contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, and it is now in their hands. If Manhattan Cable does not rectify the situation, we will sue." Manhattan Cable's Jones has said the company would "welcome" legal clarification, and the suspension of Blue is "a temporary move designed to contribute to a sober examination of the issues." She told the subcommittee...