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...June, Ehrlichman said, without ever mentioning his former boss by name: "I permitted myself to be used." Added Ehrlichman in his taped remarks: "I abdicated my moral judgments and turned them over to someone else." He spoke of "an exaggerated sense of my obligation to do as I was bidden," and warned present and future White House aides to be on the alert for "red flags" of moral dilemmas that may arise while serving a President. Finally, Ehrlichman confessed: "I wasn't wise and I'm paying the price for that lack of wisdom...
FROM AN EXECUTIVE box in the stadium, George Steinbrenner's despotic eyes roamed his realm as the president of the Yankees watched the heroes on the field. Steinbrenner had been for-bidden by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to run his own club for two years after a conviction for giving illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon. During spring training, Steinbrenner had for-bidden his players to grow their hair too long or bushy so that they could learn to appreciate the tradition of playing in pinstripes--some wise guy commented that he'd like to see Steinbrenner in horizontal pinstripes. Steinbrenner...
...hardy smokers'-righters are already at work. In cities where smoking is banned in elevators, signs are often mutilated or removed. In New York City, where smoking in elevators is for bidden, an official of Philip Morris has offered a reward to the first employee who is arrested for violating the one-year-old law. Indeed, the great mass of smokers might be well advised to or ganize in defense of their own "civil rights." They might call their league Smokers United to Avoid Vigilante Excesses - the acronym, of course, being SUAVE...
...reuniting of the siblings is touching indeed. But he should not have allowed Antonio to misaccentuate "unhospitable" (Shakespeare's only use of the word), nor told him to substitute "hazard myself" for "expose myself." Similarly, he has permitted Sir Toby to stress the second syllable of "exquisite" and bidden him change "Sophy" to "Shah of Persia." Let's leave Shakespeare's text alone. When you start tinkering with obscure terms, where do you stop? The audience does not want to have gratings thrust upon...
...messenger arrives as bidden, with all the papers from London. The Beaver frowns intently through them all, giving special attention to the London Daily Express, the muscular morning giant of 4,300,000 circulation that is the cornerstone of his press combine. Soon the terrace is littered with newsprint that has been studied swiftly and as swiftly discarded. "Vines!" booms Beaver brook, and he begins firing orders to his private secretary at so rapid a rate that Vines, who is a mere mortal of 30 years, cannot keep up and sends for a tape recorder. Then off to London...