Word: commands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...runs the White House staff and governs accessibility to the President. For the duration of his temporary assignment, he may become the second most powerful man in the White House. His main mission will be to reknit a staff that has been torn apart by Watergate. It is another command performance asked of a man whose desire to be a soldier has often been frustrated by his talents as an organizer and superefficient headquarters type...
...commendable job of reviewing the spiritual reawakening of this decade, is that transcendence is another illusion-another idea that robs man of his true humanity and sends him scampering off to a never-never land of mysticism and onion peeling. What we need and what we really seek is command over our own lives, responsible freedom and an opportunity to learn what it means to be alive...
...Nixon. Specifically, they note that Nixon Counsel Dean asked for immunity from the Justice Department. If granted immunity, Dean said, he would testify about the involvement of officials "both above and below" him at the White House. There are only three men above Dean in the chain of command: Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, chief of the White House staff-and Nixon. Others at the department contend that since Dean might turn out to be the main architect of the coverup, he should not be allowed to evade punishment...
...proposition on the ballot. To make the plan more palatable, he combined it with a 20% income tax credit designed to refund to the taxpayers $415 million of this fiscal year's $850 million budget surplus. A citizens' group called Californians for Lower Taxes sprang up on command. On its first mailing of 120,000 letters, the group received 11,130 contributions, amounting to $140,000. So popular is the scheme that liberal Democrats are reluctant to attack it. As Reagan says with a smile: "If you're for it, you've got a lot going...
...morning last week, Saturday Review Executive Editor Ronald P Kriss strolled into what he thought would be a routine conference. He was greeted by an apology from his boss, SR Chairman and Editor in Chief Nicolas Charney, who said that he had been unable to reach his second in command the night before. "Oh, really?" Kriss replied. "What's up?" Then Charney broke the news: Publication would cease immediately, and the company would seek reorganization under the federal bankruptcy statute. The innovative enterprise started 17 months ago, in which the old weekly was converted into four specialized monthlies...