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...District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell sentenced former Domestic Affairs Adviser John Ehrlichman, once described by Nixon as one of "the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know," to a term of 20 months to five years in prison. Ehrlichman was convicted last month on conspiracy and perjury charges growing out of the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in September 1971. (Ehrlichman will appeal the verdict.) The sentence was the stiffest yet received by a presidential intimate for crimes growing out of Watergate and related events...
...against Franco. Leaving behind the stultifying atmosphere of England's rigidly stratified society, Orwell exulted in the vitality of Barcelona's blossoming egalitarianism, in the salutations of "Comrade" to strangers and the notices in barber shops proclaiming that barbers were no longer "slaves." In one of his finest passages Orwell describes his flash encounter with a young, tough-faced Italian militiaman in the international troops' barracks. The gap of language, of nationality, of blood and class background that separates them vanishes when Orwell reads in his face that he would do anything--even commit murder--for a friend. "With...
...rich in philosophy and faultless in style, worthy of the finest essays in the history of journalism...
...just might be that Richard Nixon, in a negative way, has been a great teacher. He has demonstrated how dangerous it is to hand over our freedom to a strong presidency. By searching for new leadership, are we admitting our fear of freedom? It would be the finest achievement of civilization if a Martian were to descend and say, "Take me to your leader," and each of us could answer, "You're looking...
...Kiss-a-Cop Week in Manhattan. New York City policemen know they are the finest, but it was nice to have it confirmed with a kiss from the British star of My Fat Friend Lynn Redgrave. "I used to be scared working in New York," she cooed to the patrolmen, "but this time I notice a huge difference." Two years ago, 60 actors, including Hal Holbrook, Julie Harris and Joan Hackett petitioned the city for better protection of the grubby Great White Way. It was claimed that actors could not step outside the greenroom without getting goosed or mugged. Today...