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...Chapin worked were likely involved: perhaps Presidential Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. In following that lead, the reporters suffered their first crippling setback. They had been imbued from the first with the need for caution?"When in doubt, leave it out," their editors ordered?and had decided early to forgo generalizations in favor of only the specific and solid. They checked every fresh fact against at least two different sources. But the pressure of keeping one scoop ahead of the competition?notably TIME's Sandy Smith?inevitably led to slips in the pair's failsafe procedure. A hasty conversation with...
...only direct involvement took place on April 19, 1971, while the corporation's pledge of $200,000 to support the 1972 Republican National Convention was not made until June of 1971. The paper confirmed that Nixon had called Richard Kleindienst, then Deputy Attorney General, and ordered him to forgo an appeal on one of the suits against ITT. Such a move was sought by the corporation. The paper did not, however, note Nixon's blunt language in directing Kleindienst. "You son of a bitch, can't you understand the English language?" That was Nixon's comment...
Inflation has worked its way into the innermost interstices of the economy. A key reason is that, though it may change its definition of full employment, the nation remains committed to using the full spending powers of the Government to avoid a deep recession. Thus the U.S. must forgo the breaks in the price spiral that recessions used to produce...
...could so many attorneys, trained in concepts of justice and the rule of law, become involved? Orville H. Schell Jr., president of the New York City Bar Association, blames this on a tendency of many lawyers today to forgo their critical independence and to serve as in-house counsels for corporations, foundations and Government. Their powerful clients thus become their bosses; the lawyer's aim is to please, not to advise that what the boss wants done may be wrong. One law school dean is less charitable in faulting such a broad trend. He blames Nixon for hiring "legal midgets?...
...proportionately. Rising fuel costs will increase the price of electric power. Altogether, soaring fuel prices will pump $8 billion to $10 billion of pure inflation into the economy. Still, there is a limit to what consumers will pay. Even without Government restrictions, higher prices will force many Americans to forgo some of their wasteful ways: the long, speedy, aimless car trips; round-the-clock air" conditioning and hothouse home heating...