Word: comforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could Nixon take any comfort from a blast by Chesterfield Smith, a Lakeland, Fla., trial lawyer who is president of the American Bar Association. Said he: "I completely and wholly disagree with Mr. Nixon's contention that dragging out Watergate drags down America. The American people want wrongdoing uncovered and the wrongdoers punished, no matter how high the office they hold. By claiming Executive privilege, the President is obstructing justice, whether legally or illegally." Smith said that when Nixon claims that he is "not a crook," he ought "to define what a crook is. He has not aided...
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Since 1971, the victims of such raids have been able to collect damages by suing law enforcement agents for illegal searches conducted in bad faith or without probable cause. But that right has been cold comfort: most agents do not have enough assets to make such suits worthwhile. Yet individuals have been prevented from collecting damages from the Federal Government under the traditional doctrine of sovereign immunity that puts the Government above the law in these matters, making it impervious to suits, however justified. In some cases the Government has agreed to pay damages of its own volition...
...most enterprising of the 30 U.S. correspondents remaining in Saigon, and Ambassador Graham A. Martin, 61, a career diplomat who helped negotiate the agreement with Hanoi. As in similar Saigon disputes dating back a dozen years, this one centers on charges that press coverage has given comfort, if not aid to the enemy...
According to his friends, Kiely is most concerned that the scrutiny he has been subjected to will only strengthen the hands of these "fat cats," who care little about anything besides their own research and personal comfort. He fears the criticism he has received will discourage any other Faculty members from participating in undergraduate life and concerning themselves with undergraduate education...