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Seymour Martin Lipset, professor of Government and Social Relations, termed the resignation "interesting" and said that he felt it would divert pressure from President Nixon...
...does not seek to supplant the crisis model, but merely to divert some attention to his continuity thesis. He aims his work at "a better balance in psychological theories about development in adolescense and early adulthood, leading to less emphasis on turmoil and disruption as the expected pattern." Because of its modesty, King's argument is persuasive and well-taken...
...aside and get on with the nation's problems, Nixon may well be in tune with the country's mood. But that was not the same as restoring trust. As Senator Barry Goldwater put it, "In my opinion, he did not add anything that would tend to divert suspicion from...
...Richard Nixon, the visits were an opportunity to indulge in his favorite subject, foreign relations, and perhaps also to divert his attention-and the public's-from the roiling problems of Watergate. Indeed, almost any foreign statesman passing through town seemed welcome in the Oval Office. No sooner had Tanaka departed than President Albert-Bernard Bongo of the tiny West African republic of Gabon arrived for a chat with Nixon...
Lemmer said that VVAW trained fire-teams to simultaneously bomb 150 Miami area police stations in order to divert police attention from the GOP convention in Miami Beach. Other "diversion tactics" included shooting down power lines around the city...