Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...preoccupations and private distractions in the quickening pace of autumn, the sum of concerns represented by Watergate and its abuses of public trust and presidential power still hung in the air. The astonishing bundle of national contradictions remained: most Americans are weary of Watergate but they nonetheless want Ervin, Cox & Co. to finish their appointed tasks and probe it to its roots. Most Americans want to see Nixon finish out his term as President, but they still believe he is guilty of impeachable crimes. Most Americans, in spite of everything, still see Nixon as the best man now around...
Commenting on the White House tapes case, Vorenberg said that "Cox has much the better of the argument." He said he did not want to speculate on the case's outcome while it is still pending...
...Vorenberg's tasks as Associate Special Prosecutor was finding a Republican for a high-level position on Cox's staff. This task was difficult, Vorenberg said, because it "is hard to find experienced Republican prosecutors...
Vorenberg said that he actively recruited Republicans to give the investigation increased credibility. Vorenberg campaigned for George McGovern in 1972. He said that this might have become an issue if he had not announced in May that he was only a temporary member of Cox's staff...
...Cox is also a Democrat and he too voted for McGovern last November...