Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that a President, like any citizen, is accountable under the law. Now back at Harvard as a law professor. Cox believes the Watergate drama was a profound affirmation of the faith that the Declaration of Independence places in ordinary citizens. For him, "the most moving scene" occurred when Watergate grand jurors-"a fair cross section of men and women, black and white"-were polled one at a time by Judge John J. Sirica about whether they wished to subpoena the taped conversations of President Nixon. "I wondered whether they would stand firm. Each one did. Now suppose Roger Sherman...
Meanwhile, a federal grand jury in Washington looking into the misuse of Government funds issued subpoenas for Hays and some of his staffers, and New Jersey's Frank Thompson, 57, took over Hays' old job as chairman of the Administration Committee. Thompson, who had fiercely fought Hays' tyrannical control, promptly fired one of the former chairman's top aides and told four others to resign if they did not wish to be dismissed...
...court. Last week, as he bulled his way through the opening rounds of tournament play at Wimbledon, Connors' most passionate fan was Marjorie Wallace, Miss World of 1973 and the Cleopatra of the jock set (previous conquests: Soccer Superstar George Best and the late Peter Revson, a top Grand Prix driver). "We've been close now for six months and travel everywhere together," said Margie happily. "Jimmy is teaching me tennis and practices with me. I don't think it will affect his performance." When asked about Jimmy at Wimbledon, Chrissie said she preferred to talk about...
...miles across the country, and this week 2,000 bikers are doing exactly that. Instead of pumping along in the breakdown lane of some Cartesian interstate, they are savoring a cyclist's delight, a 4,250-mile route that meanders through two U.S. parks (Yellowstone and Grand Teton), five major historic sites, 25 national forests and just about every one-air-pump hamlet from Astoria, Ore., to Williamsburg...
...visible far at sea, the superflag measures 193 ft. by 366 ½ ft., bigger by half than a football field, weighs 1 ½ tons and is constructed like a sail to weather all winds. It was Betsy Rossed in the loft of Marblehead, Mass., Yachtsman-Sailmaker Ted Hood. The grand notion, costing $45,000, was conceived by Len Silverfine, 39, a teacher in Vermont, whose father was a Russian immigrant, and Pierre Leduc, 34, a French-Canadian advertising man from Montreal. The Arm & Hammer baking soda people provided most of the financing; the flag's acre and a half...