Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Richardson, there is almost certainly no effective means of avoiding more and more such run-ins with his superiors in the future. He irritated the White House by appointing Archibald Cox as Watergate Special Prosecutor. Technically, the Attorney General remains Cox's boss. Cox, a Democrat and former Harvard law professor, has engaged the White House in a historic court battle over the Watergate tapes (see following story), and is regarded incorrectly by many Nixon loyalists as out to "get" the President. In addition, unless the President somehow attempts to intervene, it will be Richardson who must ultimately decide...
...teams of lawyers entered the ornate, high-ceilinged federal courtroom and took up their positions at neighboring walnut tables. On one side sat six lawyers for President Richard Nixon, headed by University of Texas Professor Charles Alan Wright; on the other, the special Watergate prosecutor, Harvard Law Professor Archibald Cox, and three assistants. For 20 minutes they sat waiting in their blue leather chairs. Wright adjusted his tweed vest. Cox toyed with his half-moon spectacles. Finally, at 10, to the bailiff's ceremonial cry of "God save the United States of America and this honorable court," Judge John...
...calling. President Kennedy, for instance got The Crimson every day at the White House. Harvard students soon get accustomed to dealing with important people. One day John T. Dunlop is dean of the Faculty, the next he is director of the Cost of Living Council. One day Archibald Cox is a professor of Law, the next he is chief Watergate prosecutor. They are saying, join us, be coopted, it is easy...
...fice by Congress. The chances of an Agnew impeachment are not very strong at present, but the prospect of an other client's demanding White House constitutional protection has hardly pleased Nixon's legal staff. "We've got enough work on our hands with Ervin and Cox," said one. "Agnew's got his own lawyers...
Nightclub Entertainer Short says that the bow gives him a "classic and nifty" look. Lawyer Cox changes his bow for a four-in-hand when he argues a case because he thinks that the bow makes him appear frivolous...