Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months, I have been deeply concerned about the lawlessness and immorality of the Nixon Administration. But now, with the firing of Archibald Cox [Oct. 29], President Nixon has revealed in even sharper focus his obsession with power and lack of sound judgment...
...surprising that Mr. Nixon would fire his employees Cox and Ruckelshaus and force the resignation of Richardson. These are men of principle and stature, each regarding the law with reverence and humility. Based on President Nixon's past associations, it is understandable that he would be uncomfortable in such company...
...other reasonable interpretation of President Nixon's firing of Prosecutor Cox but an admission of Nixon's personal guilt and complicity in Watergate. I hope that Nixon will ultimately be exposed and dealt with appropriately through the courage of other men. If not, then our democracy is surely lost...
President Nixon's most recent actions come as a staggering climax to all that went before. We devoutly hope that it is the climax. When he originally refused to hand over the White House tapes either to the Senate Watergate committee or to Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, his argument for the confidentiality of the President's deliberations certainly deserved consideration. Then the court narrowed the issue in such a way that confidentiality could be largely safeguarded: only the judge was to hear the tapes, and only for the purpose of deciding whether any parts were potential evidence in the cases...
...order man Philadelphia embraced recently, President Nixon. Traditionally a Democratic stronghold, Philadelphia bought, part and parcel, the Nixon version of peace, economics and all-American morality. Each successive revelation of the past six months has hit the one-time supporters of both Rizzo and Nixon hard. When Nixon fired Cox and Ruckelshaus, and Elliot Richardson resigned, the last of Nixon's supporters in Philadelphia turned on him with a vengeance...