Word: felted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This Administration has the atmosphere of the private club. Mitchell in particular seems to exude an attitude impervious to national concerns. The fact that he said school integration would be accomplished seemed to be all he felt necessary. He showed a remarkable nonchalance when some of his attorneys rebelled, and stayed calmly in his bed at San Clemente. Nixon's own style has been that of the corporate man rather than the public official-or at least a version of the corporate man who is insulated and protected from outside scrutiny of his decision-making processes. He has lived...
...same time, several Senators indicated that they either did not want to vote for Haynsworth or had serious doubts about him. The legislators were angry at being put on the spot because of the negligence of Attorney General John Mitchell. Mitchell had recommended Haynsworth to Nixon. They felt that after the scandal-sodden resignation of Abe Fortas, any Republican nominee for the court must be completely clean. Mitchell had checked on Haynsworth, but not enough...
...formal Faculty vote would be the most effective way to make anti-war sentiment felt. Wassily W. Leontief, Henry Lee professor of Economics, said that there was a "terrible difference between laid special emphasis on the unique nation." Both would "do the same thing, but speaking as a Faculty or as a convoca-the second would be much weaker than the first...
...vote expressing the majority opinion of the Faculty would have no binding effect on those who disagreed. After several Faculty members emphasized that the resolutions would have no coercive effect on the dissenting minority, Hoffmann said that a refusal to vote would also be coercion against those who felt the Faculty should state its view...
...explained that he didn't quit earlier because he wanted to prove something to himself and because he felt an obligation to the team. "It's been a long process of evaluating the game as far as my own personality goes." Champi said...