Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brief remarks, but since he took office in 1971, Harvard President Derek Bok had not chosen to do so. Recently he went to Memorial's Appleton Chapel to deliver his first talk there-a stirring homily in praise of his once and future colleague, former Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox...
...perceived a principle that could not be compromised even to placate the uncertain demands of international security and domestic harmony," Bok said. "It was a principle worth defending, even by refusing to obey a presidential order." Cox's decision to surrender office rather than relinquish principle was made "in order to press its importance vividly on the mind of the nation," said Bok. "In retrospect, it appears he has taught us more in Government service than he could have hoped to achieve in those Harvard class rooms where we welcome him back with admiration...
...Acknowledging that he "fully understood" the decision of Elliot Richardson to resign as Attorney General after the dismissal of Archibald Cox, Ford said: "He felt that a commitment had been made. I assume that if I were in that position I would probably do the same...
...When the FBI quickly moved in to seal off Cox's office after he had been fired, Ford admitted: "It shocked my sensibilities...
When the Nixon Administration named Leon Jaworski to succeed Archibald Cox as the special Watergate prosecutor, the most skeptical people in Washington were the experts who would be working for the new man, the staff that Cox himself had assembled. Several key members of the 80-man unit said privately that they would resign if Jaworski did not vigorously pursue Cox's work, letting the indictments fall where they may. Last week the Watergate staffers had their first chance to take a hard, appraising look at their new boss. Their verdict, somewhat to their own surprise...