Word: diehardism
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...Honeymoon reception and seeking a Trumanesque reputation for decisiveness, he acted immediately and impulsively on his determination to pardon Nixon. If eventually he was going to pardon him, as he had in effect indicated he would in his Aug. 28 press conference, then why not now? A diehard defender of Nixon's innocence until the ample contrary evidence became unchallengeable, Ford by this theory appreciated neither the seriousness of Nixon's transgressions nor the prevailing public concern that justice should run its course at least until all the truth...
...involve some sort of journey back into his own past through looking at the remnants of the South of his youth, and he is at his best when writing about anachronisms, people who have been left behind in the shuffle of progress. There is, for example, his father, a diehard independent trucker; Bob Suffridge, the former all-American halfback for Tennessee who is now an alcoholic in Knoxville; Jabe Thomas, one of the only major-circuit stock car racers who does not having backing from Detroit; and a series of once-promising baseball players who never made it. Failures...
VIRGINIA'S M. CALDWELL BUTLER, the lone Southern Republican who voted for impeachment, should survive handily. No matter how angry diehard Nixon supporters may be in his Sixth District, they have no place else to go. Butler's Democratic opponent, Roanoke Sheriff Paul Puckett, has been attacking the G.O.P. Congressman for foot dragging on impeachment. The Roanoke Times reports that letters are running about 3 to 2 against Butler, but the mail flow is very light. Most important, Butler had the foresight to prepare his constituents for the impeachment process. Says Charles McDowell, Washington correspondent and columnist...
Peculiar Style. What many Peruvians fear is that Velasco will bring them even more of his emerging peculiar style of freedom and ruin the generally progressive advances made under his rule. The government does not enjoy wide popularity, but there is little question, even among diehard critics, that the junta has made impressive strides...
Later in the week, Nixon addressed by phone some 2,500 diehard supporters who were attending a rally in Washington, B.C., that Korff had organized. Said the President: "Rabbi Korff s eloquence, his intelligence, his dedication, have been a great source of strength to me and all of us in these difficult times." In reply, Korff told the President: "We love you dearly." He brushed away a tear as he hung up the receiver...