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Just what John Dean really is may become a little clearer this week during his scheduled appearance before Senator Sam Ervin's Watergate committee...
That, said Ervin, was an attempt "to practice a deception on the general public as to the amount of honor that was paid to the Vice President." Agreeing, Stans replied: "I am not sure this is the first time that has happened in American politics." That led Ervin to retort solemnly: "You know, there has been murder and larceny in every generation, but that hasn't made murder meritorious or larceny legal...
Smiling broadly, Ervin resorted to his folksy innocence: "Well, I am sorry that my distinguished friend from Florida does not approve of my method of examining the witness. I am an old country lawyer and I don't know the finer ways to do it. I just have to do it my way." The Senate Caucus Room broke into loud applause, before Republican Baker smoothly interrupted to divert attention from the argument and calm the committee mood. Yet as the stakes grow higher, more such partisan displays are certain to break...
...their $70,000 brick town house on Quay Street in Alexandria's affluent Old Town section, just 200 yards from the Potomac. Now, of course, the profile is lower still. Occasionally, they eat out with the Goldwaters, who live across the street. One recent Saturday, another neighbor, Ervin Committee Member Lowell Weicker, dropped in for beer and pretzels. Before the worst of Watergate, the Deans played tennis and golf, swam and sailed their 18-ft. boat. Nattily dressed in broad-lapel suits and wide ties, Dean used to drive to work a purple Porsche 911 as highly polished...
...taught by William Sloane Coffin Jr., who became chaplain of Yale later that year. Ordinarily, courses of this kind are soon largely forgotten by student and teacher alike. But 15 years later, this one was injected into national politics. Under tight control for most of his testimony before the Ervin committee, Magruder grew momentarily impassioned when he recalled the experience...