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Laird's perspective on his new role is a refreshing one for a Nixon aide. "My major responsibility will be first to be frank and to communicate regularly with the President," he said. "I expect to see him daily. It won't bother me at all to tell him something is a bad idea. I'm not around this town to win games. I've criticized the phony people who monkey around with status games...
...question to rest once and forever. As expected, Secretariat and Sham staged an early head-to-head duel. Then, with his long, beautifully rhythmic strides, Secretariat began to pull away. First it was by one length, then five, then ten. Coming into the stretch, Jockey Ron Turcotte did not bother to go to the whip as Secretariat poured it on. When he crossed the finish line, he had won by an incredible 31 lengths, the largest winning margin in the history of the Belmont. As he was decked with a blanket of carnations, Secretariat seemed to nod in acknowledgment; after...
...administrative assistant who voted for Nixon, says: "People don't know what to believe. They feel lost. I have a strong feeling that I've been betrayed somehow, because this is my Government and I expected it to be noble and above all, honest. Sure, rising prices bother me, but in Watergate we're talking about something far more important than pocketbook issues: the integrity of the Government. This is something that I hold very dear. I'm a flag waver...
...decisions are being made now in the field offices. If you phone Washington with a problem, more often than not headquarters will say: 'Don't bother us with your problems-we've got our own.' " The agents feel that the entire FBI took a "bum rap" because of blunders by Gray and the Department of Justice in the Watergate investigation. Almost to a man, agents argue that Nixon is trying to gain control of the agency for his own purposes and to "politicize" it. Echoing a common sentiment, one high-ranking agent says: "Nobody wants...
...were surprised to read in Monday's Crimson that certain Americans have taken it upon themselves to organize a week of "Vietnam-American Friendship." Since they did not bother to include the Vietnamese community is Boston, or even those of us in Harvard, we wonder what kind of "friendship" they intend for our people...