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Robert Shenton, secretary to the Corporation, yesterday refused to confirm that Cronkite will receive the degree because "the names of recipients are kept confidential until Commencement...
...until noon Sunday that Vance phoned the President to confirm his determination to quit. His move incensed some of the President's aides, who had no idea it was coming. Said one: "It's a terrible thing to do. He could have stayed around long enough for Carter to repair himself." On Monday morning the formalities were completed; this time Carter did not request Vance to reconsider. During their final talk, Vance recommended that he be succeeded by Deputy Secretary Christopher...
Muskie also had superb political credentials. He was both a staunch supporter of a President who values loyalty highly, and a respected member of the chamber that must confirm him. Muskie's confirmation hearings are unlikely to turn into a Senate inquisition of the Administration's foreign policy...
Beckwith went to the overall on-site commander, Air Force Colonel James Kyle, and asked him to take a look at the ailing chopper. "Let's confirm this," Beckwith said. "I want to make sure." When Kyle climbed down from the critical craft to report that it was indeed useless, Beckwith said last week, his own reaction was immediate: "Sir, my recommendation is that we abort." The commander gave Beckwith a chance to change his mind, asking "Would you consider taking five and going ahead? Think about it before you answer me. You're the guy that...
...bust of University Hall (he had urged Pusey not to send in the police) "the saddest day in my life," the decision seemed almost preordained. As Bok told reporters as he and his wife waited for the official phone call on the morning of January 11, 1970 to confirm his selection, "When Harvard asks me to do something, I always seem to be saying...