Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taped conversations between Nixon and Special Counsel Charles Colson: " 'Sleazy' was the first word that came to my mind as I listened . . . It sounded like two cheap ward heelers talking in the rear room of a neighborhood dive...
Ford was noncommittal. Pressure, such as that mounted by the anti-Connally movement, he ignored or rebuffed. Says White House Special Counsel Michael Duval: "The President doesn't like to be pushed. He reminds me of a gyroscope: if you whack it, it will come right back, but if you move it steadily in a direction that makes sense, it will stay...
Each side had its hopes. The Summa triumvirate of Executive Vice President Frank William (Bill) Gay, 55, General Counsel Chester Davis, 66, and Nadine Henley, 69, Hughes' former administrative assistant, want to continue to run the empire. Under their plan, Hughes' assets would be transferred entirely to the tax-exempt Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and they, as trustees, would remain in command...
...supported by a host of religious and foundation sources. Pollack's work has won him respect from supporters and opponents alike. Justice Department Attorney Mack Norton, who has faced him in court and lost, says, "With Ron, we have to work a little harder." Adds Marshall Matz, general counsel of the Senate Nutrition Committee, "He argues congressional intent better than anyone else I've seen...
...really is, Eric Sevareid philosophized on the air one dull evening last week. His boss, Dick Salant, president of CBS News, had already said precisely that in his instructions to CBS's sizable army of anchor men, cameramen, and floor reporters wearing pointy-headed antennas. Good professional counsel by both men, but hardly how the networks, in their commercial heart of hearts, felt about...