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Easily the most defiant and least contrite of all the Watergate witnesses thus far, Ehrlichman's mastery of the situation was impressive, his debating skill sharp, his language fascinating, his face an all-too-expressive reflection of his inner disdain and contempt for his questioners. When the nomination of the hapless L. Patrick Gray as FBI director was doomed, Ehrlichman did not urge its withdrawal, but suggested coldly: "We ought to let him hang there. Let him twist slowly, slowly in the wind...
Historian Daniel Boorstin is a man with an encyclopedic mind and a crusty disregard for the conventional chronicling of what he calls, with disdain, "important events." His idiosyncratic approach to history needs no better demonstration than this third volume of a trilogy that has included The Americans: The Colonial Experience and The Americans: The National Experience...
...Senate's Democratic liberals but also its Democratic conservatives and many Republicans. Nixon's secretive handling of the Watergate affair has dismayed his strongest backers. Republican office holders feel that they are being needlessly tarred by Watergate and want the real culprits exposed. Also, many Congressmen disdain such intimate Nixon aides as John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman and their assistants, who are often regarded by veteran politicians as arrogant, inexperienced and selfishly protective of the President. Noting that some members of the White House staff seem to be enmeshed in the Watergate affair, one Republican Senator said sarcastically...
...spying activities or the secret diversion of funds to accomplish them is the lack of veracity of high officials in both the Administration and the Republican Party. The attempt to cover up such activity and impede impartial investigations seems far more damaging than the clandestine operations. It suggests a disdain for the law, for the truth and, ultimately, for the public, that is dismaying to find at lofty levels of the Government...
...political spectrum are widely circulated. We reject Kyle's attempt as we will reject all such attempts in the future, no matter from what quarter they are issued. The Crimson will continue to report and comment on the affairs of this community, and we will continue to treat with disdain those who would hamper our efforts...