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...politicians, business leaders, entertainers and other professionals with an interest in the arts. In 1992 former Presidents Reagan and Nixon attended, and virtually every Republican President in recent history has been a member. Other members (on a roster the club keeps secret) reportedly are Charlton Heston, Walter Cronkite, Alexander Haig...
Apparently, freedom from the responsibility to divulge actual actions is widely appreciated. Some even count on the vagueness. Ken G. Haig '99 admits that because of the ambiguity, "people give you the benefit of the doubt." Jack P. Donahue '01 agrees, confiding it's "to protect pride, because then people can assume you did more than you did." However, most see the ambiguity as either a way to protect privacy or as a concession to politeness. "Especially girls don't want to say, 'yeah, I fucked this guy last night' or 'yeah, I went down on this guy,'" insists Begnaud...
...congressional hearings: "If they started a fishing expedition on this, they are going to start picking up tracks." On presidential counsel and informer John Dean: "I think we can destroy him. We must destroy him." To which the take-charge humorist, former White House chief of staff Alexander Haig, replies, "Have...
...found it. No presidency, much less a two-termer, has been without a single good laugh, so there's his place. But what a dreary achievement. And how debilitating for the nation. And who waits in the wings, polishing his "I'm so boring" routine? Let's draft Al Haig. Have...
...Bosnia agreement is unraveling; aggressive personality occasionally alarms and annoys even Clinton (remember Al Haig?); has rocky longtime relationships with Warren Christopher and Tony Lake...