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...other books produced by the family are more glib and polished--but whether or not they will be remembered depends on the long-run verdict on the free, civilized form of marriage these two proper Britons pioneered. Whether they did so as a last fling of aristocratic contempt for convention or as a conscious attempt to construct a new set of rules for marriage doesn't matter much. They were brave enough to stake their feelings on their solution, and to leave the rest--ironically enough--to their children...
Former President Richard M. Nixon, sentenced to 55 years in prison for conspiracy to commit burglary, income tax evasion, obstruction of justice, and contempt of Congress, tells an anxious nation how he plans to spend his time in jail. "I really don't know. Maybe I'll smoke a little dope, listen to some Allman Brothers, read Kahlil Gibran," the ex-president muses...
...Liddy was given a term of from six years and eight months to 20 years. When he was granted immunity against further prosecution and recalled before the grand jury for questioning about other conspirators, he still balked?so Sirica on April 3 gave him an additional prison term for contempt of court. Frankly conceding that he was wielding a judicial club, Sirica said that the aim was "to give meaning and coercive impact to the court's contempt powers...
...tapes impasse be found. But clearly it did not meet Sirica's order to produce the tapes. Although Sirica will not say what he intended to do about it, he does admit that he "was prepared to act." Other judicial sources expected him eventually to cite the President for contempt of court. Suddenly, however, Nixon changed his mind, ordered Wright to tell Sirica that he would "fully comply" with the subpoenas for the tapes. When Wright did so, astonishing almost everyone in Sirica's courtroom, the clearly incredulous judge smiled broadly and said: "Mr. Wright, the court is very happy...
...Combined with a handy temper, it has also led him to be reversed on appeal more often than most judges on the average, and has brought protests from civil libertarians. Late in 1972, for example, he jailed the Los Angeles Times's Washington bureau chief, John Lawrence, for contempt of court when the newsman failed to produce tape recordings of a Watergate-related interview (the appeals court promptly freed Lawrence). Although sensitive about criticism, Sirica reacts typically by fighting back. "A reversal record doesn't mean that they're right and you're wrong," he objects...