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Next day at his press conference, Cox indicated that he simply could not accept this order, since it totally transformed the rules under which he had been hired. Carefully refusing to be drawn into any blanket characterization of the President's action, Cox praised Elliot Richardson for acting with honesty and restraint throughout the high-stakes negotiations over the tapes. Pointedly, Cox noted that because Richardson had been empowered to select and hire him, he figured that only Richardson could dismiss him. He indicated clearly that he had no intention of resigning. Cox returned to his office, sipped...
James A. Sharaf '59, attorney in the Office of General Counsel, said that students in Adams, Currier, North Houses and two graduate dorms, Ames and Wyeth Halls, have received "a pattern of calls that tend to blanket an entire building in the small hours of the morning between midnight...
...gift was something less than generous. I suppose the contribution would have been more significant had it come from a local oil company, building contractor or politician-all top-ranking "ethical" members of society. How unfortunate for a society that hails as "ethical" those who weave a "goodie" blanket of All-Americanism around them yet thrive on greed, corruption and deceit...
...shirt and showed long scars running up his abdomen and chest that he said were the results of torture. He said that the interrogator had told him, 'I'm going to peel you,' as he cut into his flesh. To forestall lawsuits, Papadopoulos shrewdly proclaimed a blanket amnesty to all police and prison authorities for atrocities they may have committed...
...SHOWS me the closet, with its peeling plaster and decayed odor. Inside is one dress, two pastel sweaters, and a blanket. She closes the closet door and confides--"I've just lost about 30 lbs. I didn't lose that much in the top. I just went on a diet and started starvin'. Starvin'. No, really I got ill and that helped me a lot, my appetite with food. I used to weigh 175. Uh, I want to get to between 120 and 125. That's my normal weight. I have low blood pressure and I have to weigh that...