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...were "We're home!" He promised to work for peace, the legacy for which he wants to be remembered, and "for opportunity and understanding among the people here in America." Then, climbing into another waiting helicopter, Nixon sped with his family the 40 miles to San Clemente and Casa Pacifica. There, shielded from public view by the Bougainvillaea shrubs and a cement wall that had been installed for him, Richard Nixon began his exile...
...most part, however, the President remained alone and out of reach in the private den of Casa Pacifica, a few hundred yards by fringe-top golf cart from his working office. Perhaps the best indication of his private thinking was offered by his daughter Tricia Cox, who declared spiritedly at the Ash party: "Innocence is innocence -and my father is innocent. If the committee votes to impeach, it will just be a political move by people who want to get Richard Nixon out of office. But they won't get away with it. This is a country of justice...
Flanked by his wife Evita, a former actress whose compassion for the poor earned her an immense following, Perón enthralled the masses with his speeches from the balcony at the Casa Rosada, Argentina's Government House. He followed up his pledges of social change with real reforms: the establishment of a social security system, construction of low-cost housing, wage hikes and the lengthening of workers' vacations, public health programs against tuberculosis, malaria and leprosy, and the encouragement of collective bargaining...
...this comes at a price, however. The restaurant's cellar room is over-crowded with revenue-producing tables, and the floor arrangement allots little space to groups of two or three. Casa's prices, already high, have been raised by 10 per cent in the wake of recent increases in food prices, and a $4 minimum per person has been decreed, even though it is difficult to wheedle a $4 meal out of the menu. An average meal runs close to $8 a person, excluding...
...place to consider becoming a regular at is the Club Casablanca (40 Brattle St.). Divided into an upstairs (where many Harvard Sperrytopsiders types hang out with their junior college girlfriends) and a downstairs (where older people listen to music), the Casa B appeals to two different types of people. Upstairs at the Casa B is a real experience. Especially on weekends, it is mobbed, noisy and full of people you may come to recognize if you go regularly. It is also expensive, probably the highest-priced bar in Cambridge...