Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many Congressmen and political observers were questioning to what extent the Middle East "crisis" cited by Nixon was real, and what proportion represented White House machinations to divert public attention from Watergate...
Agnew's crimes will divert attention from the Watergate affair, and in Seymour M. Lipset's words, "This, combined with the Mideast war, will go a long way to taking Nixon off the hook." Number two's resignation probably forecloses the possibility of impeachment proceedings against Number...
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...