Word: counterattacked
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Even as police searched for his assassins and the country braced itself for a counterattack from militant rightists, it was clear that the aging Franco had only two choices-to liberalize his regime or face the threat of having his country racked by more violence...
While all the new doubts about the integrity of Nixon's tapes set back the progress of Nixon's Watergate counterattack, he plunged on with...
...June 20 conversation with Nixon. They revealed that the only discussion of Watergate occurred just after the chitchat about Ely?and where the hum began. Said Haldeman's notes: "What is our counterattack? PR [public relations] offensive to top this. Hit the opposition w/ their activities ... Do they justify this less than stealing Pentagon Papers ...? We should be on the attack for diversion...
Round 2 in Nixon's Counterattack...
...TIME of Senators and Representatives, key committees in the Legislative Branch and Western Union indicates that Americans have sent over 3,000,000 messages to the capital in the wake of the Saturday Night Massacre. Examination of the most recent, especially those written after the President's counterattack began, shows a noticeable gain in support for Nixon, occasionally reaching half the total volume. But most counts are still running 70% to 80% against him, compared with at least a 95% disapproval rating in the days immediately after the debacle...