Word: constructionist
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...that President Nixon claims is protected by "executive privilege" from testifying about Watergate. The use of executive privilege or the lawyer-client relationship as a cloak for criminal activity represents an act of creative legal interpretation not in keeping with the President's carefully cultivated image as a strict constructionist...
That professorial attitude makes him more the spiritual son of the strict constructionist of football coaches, Paul Brown, formerly of the Cleveland Browns, now coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. Although Shula says that "I've never tried to pattern my style after anybody," he also admits, "Paul Brown was the greatest influence on me, especially in the teaching aspect of coaching. In football, it's not what you know but what your ballplayers know that counts. We make it as much like a classroom as possible, using all sorts of teaching aids, followed by practice on the field...
...said, was to bring the best of the humanities to ordinary Americans. High on his agenda, for example, were proposals to finance a television series on Shakespeare's plays and novels by Charles Dickens and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In this, he took what critics have called a "strict constructionist" view of the humanities, saying the endowment should refuse to finance "Classic Comics-culture simplified and castrated." Declared Berman: "I'm a professional scholar and naturally want to preserve the best in our humanist traditions...
...After a brief but heart-felt search by Attorney General Mitchell for a "Black Jewish woman Southern conservative," Nixon announces the appointment of John Dunlop to fill the empty seat, saying, "His work with the building trade industry has earned Professor Dunlop a well-deserved reputation as a strict constructionist." Roman Hruska declares, "He's not as mediocre as I would have liked, but he sure can belt bourbon...
...Nixon has demanded of all his court nominees, a "strict constructionist," a believer in limiting courts to the letter of the law? "I don't categorize myself," says Powell. "I think of myself basically as a lawyer with a wide spectrum of experience. My views may be liberal on one issue and conservative on another. I regard myself as an independent Democrat, but I've felt free to vote my convictions without regard to party...