Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus, once 'again, as three times in our past when we faced great crises-the attempt by Aaron Burr to steal the election of 1800, the Civil War and the Great Depression-the Constitution and the political processes that it nourished proved themselves tough and enduring. Without disorder, confusion or even excessive bitterness, we have quietly forced Mr. Nixon out of office and quietly installed Mr. Ford. This is a revolution. In most countries of the globe it would be a violent revolution, but in the U.S. it is peaceful and legal. It is in deed constitutional revolution...
...Burr, Vidal...
...Burr, Vidal...
...several lowans played important roles in the impeachment and acquittal of Andrew Johnson more than 100 years ago. Mezvinsky read about Iowa's Senator James Grimes, a bitter foe of Andrew Johnson, who became convinced that the Johnson trial was unfair. Grimes was compared to Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Jefferson Davis. The abuse and threats heaped on Grimes helped bring on a stroke that felled him two days before the vote. Yet the paralyzed Senator had himself carried to the floor, struggled to his feet, and called out firmly, "Not guilty...
FICTION 1- Watership Down, Adams (1 last week) 2-Jaws, Benchley (2) 3-The Fan Club, Wallace (3) 4-The Snare of the Hunter, MacInnes (4) 5-Cashelmara, Howatch (5) 6-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Le Carré 7-Burr, Vidal (6) 8-The Other Side of Midnight, Sheldon (7) 9-You and Me, Babe, Barris (8) 10-The Partners, Auchincloss...