Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...legal task force assembled by Cox will apparently remain intact for the time being. Though some of the younger attorneys threatened to resign as a protest against Cox's firing, Assistant Special Prosecutor James McBride and other top Cox assistants persuaded them that the momentum of the fast-spreading Watergate investigation would be slowed for months without their expertise. Criminal Division Chief Henry Petersen, who is mightily distrusted by many Cox associates because of his solicitous attention to Administration feelings during the original Watergate investigation, held a tense meeting with members of the staff. As their temporary boss...
...dressed in blue jeans and a sweater and already looking forward to a three-month vacation on the coast of Maine, "hiking, riding-and I may even shovel a little snow." In a relaxed and reflective mood, Archibald Cox talked with TIME Correspondent Hays Gorey about his aborted service as special prosecutor...
...White House would call [Attorney General Elliot] Richardson and ask, "What does this guy think he's doing?" And then Elliot would take up these questions with me. The question that was constantly bothering people in the White House was, "What limits apply to Archie Cox?" But Elliot was at all times entirely reasonable. There was never anything remotely resembling improper pressure...
...done some poking around, but frankly this was an area where I gave my staff more autonomy and stayed reasonably clear of it myself because my brother's firm [Davis & Cox] is Hughes' primary counsel. I told my staff to get cracking, and of course I would have been involved in any major decisions as time went...
Busy Weekend. Of life in the White House during the tumultuous weekend that brought the firing of Archibald Cox, the resignation of Elliot Richardson and the dismissal of William Ruckelshaus, Julie understates: "Well, it was a busy weekend for my dad. But in the evening we did relax, and Friday night turned out to be a kind of party." Julie and David had invited another young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milligan (he works in the Commerce Department), to the White House. "My parents were up in the solarium and when they heard our voices, they came hurrying down...