Word: counterattack
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Once more a presidential counterattack on Watergate was under way. For no less than the 13th time since the scandal began to unfold eight months ago, Richard Nixon vowed to disclose all of the facts and put the sorry affair to rest. After a blitz of nine White House meetings and two public appearances, he had shed little new light on the controversy. But he had emerged, however belatedly, out of isolation and boldly entered the public arena, where the fate of his presidency will be determined...
Richardson spearheaded the Nixon counterattack in February, March and April. He appeared before Congressional committees and testified that the bombing could continue because Nixon possessed "residual" powers as Commander-in-Chief. In effect, Richardson was saying that Nixon could do anything he wanted militarily. And more Cambodians were murdered...
...remarked: "I'm not sure that tactically we didn't want them to come across, since our ultimate objective is to demolish their military machine." Yet by the end of the week, that development was far off. In Sinai, the Israelis had still to deliver a victorious counterattack...
Whether the Arab attack on Israeli-held territory is ultimately successful or not, it has already shattered the myth that Arabs are militarily impotent. As one Arab journalist put it: "It doesn't matter if the Israelis eventually counterattack and drive us back. What matters is that the world now no longer will laugh at us when we threaten to fight. No longer will it dismiss our threats as a lot of bluff and bluster. It will have to take us seriously." Arabs round the world last week felt that they had finally shed their image as a people...
...battles during a career of more than half a century, in which he has controlled such major corporations as Republic Steel and Goodyear. He may not be through yet. He still owns the biggest block of C & O stock, and no one would be surprised if he launched a counterattack to unseat Watkins at this week's regular board meeting...