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...dammit, I guess Watson didn't exist or at least didn't write this adventure. No, this book must have been written by Nicholas Meyer after all and although it is a dastardly counterfeit--with lots of spurious biographical information on Dr. John Hamish Watson--Meyer has the good sense to give himself away...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: The Adventure of the Addled Amanuensis | 11/11/1974 | See Source »

...date draws near, Petersen begins advising the President on what should be said. At one point, he comments: "Damn, I admire your strength. I tell you." And Nixon replies: "Well, that's what we are here for." At another, Petersen recounts how he has told Silbert: "Now dammit, Silbert, keep your eye on the mark?we are investigating Watergate?we are not investigating the whole damn realm of politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: The Most Critical Nixon Conversations | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

Waiting for his two aides to return from a first meeting with their lawyer, John J. Wilson, Nixon chats with Rogers. "Dammit," he says of Dean, "why didn't he come in earlier and tell me these things, Bill?" Nonetheless, he seems confident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: The Most Critical Nixon Conversations | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...want to admit--dammit"--an entirely disillusioned Nixon adds the next day--"that nobody's so dumb to say that the--which they are, of course." And a day after that he trails off entirely...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Blah, Blah, Blah | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

...construction and real estate development company that he built from scratch in Columbus. Deffet has profited to the tune of a $17 million personal fortune, but he adds: "If the benefits can't be made available to others-because of the color of their skin or whatever-then dammit, our system doesn't work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: To the Victor, the Loss | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

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