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...continued, "and after a few refreshments, Mrs. Battistella became ill and I enlisted the help of others in our group to assist me in seeing her safely home ... As we proceeded home, she attempted to leave the car and I attempted to prevent it. In the ensuing struggle, her elbow hit my glasses and broke them, resulting in a number of small cuts around my nose." Mills called himself "embarrassed and humiliated by the entire turn of events...
...While Haig belittled his own role in that decision, other staffers resented the Nixon holdover and suspected his influence. Haig has been in frequent telephone contact with Nixon and Ziegler, talking to San Clemente at least three or four times weekly. He has also been constantly at Ford's elbow. "We've got to get him out of there; he's got to go," declared one Ford associate...
...flight to California. Betty and Gerald Ford walked with the Nixons down the red carpet that had been laid from the Executive Mansion out to the lawn, and the couples exchanged kisses and handshakes at the helicopter door; Nixon touched Ford's elbow, as if in final encouragement. Though Ford was not to take the oath of office for another two hours, the famous black box, the repository for the nation's military codes-an ugly talisman that signifies the transfer of power in the nuclear age-was left behind with a military aide. It was the first...
...with the party apparatus in Bonn and in 1970 was appointed to Brandt's staff. Government spokesmen emphasize that his job was political and did not include secret matters. But the fact is that he was constantly at the Chancellor's elbow and attended many important meetings...
...could see. There was a big swath of raw flesh just below Kenny's ribs. His elbow was swollen really big, and so was his hand. There was a deep gouge near his wrist. He showed me a big sore on his hip, and he showed me his shirt lying in the corner. It was a strip of rags...