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Dean's word, of course, must be treated with caution, since his personal stake is high. He is maneuvering for the broadest kind of immunity against prosecution, and may be trying to favorably influence any later criminal trial of his own. Yet it seems unlikely that Dean would enter into a showdown with the President without considerable ammunition. Indeed, his recent record for revealing unpleasant truths is impressive...
...conversations at the Democratic headquarters. Gray even allowed Dean to sit in on FBI interviews with White House aides suspected of involvement in the Watergate affair or other political sabotage. The Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to call Dean to testify about this cozy relationship with Gray. Nixon, invoking the broadest interpretation that any President has ever tried to apply to the concept of Executive privilege (see box page 28), said that neither Dean nor any other present or former White House aide will testify before any congressional committee...
...Faculty must serve on the Commission. The Commission should assign ad hoc student groups to study grievances that come before it. There must be some guarantee, in principle at least, that the recommendations of the Commission will be implemented in policy. The Commission must deal with "grievances" in the broadest sense, including questions of Administration or departmental unresponsiveness on issues of financial or educational policy...
Phil 10, which will be one of the largest courses in the University if the first two lectures provide any indication of student interest, is perhaps the broadest course offered at Harvard, rivaling such full-year courses as Soc Sci 2, "Western Thought and Institutions," and Nat Sci 5, "The Nature of Living Things...
...reason this happens has a lot to do with the fact that Wills is one of the most talented writers around, and has by far the broadest scope of knowledge of any journalist. If his slick style is misleading, it does not appear that Wills misleads intentionally. In the end, even though his thoughts seem perfect, his message is that of a deeply troubled man who knows too much to be at peace with the world, or even his own thought...