Word: herbert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once he opened negotiations with Nixon, Ford's emissary, Washington Attorney Benton Becker, proved no match for Nixon's wily attorney, Herbert J. ("Jack") Miller Jr., or for the hard-nosed Nixon aide Ronald Ziegler. The Nixon protectors spurned all suggestions that Nixon confess or surrender control of his tapes. Although Nixon had no practical bargaining leverage, Ford meekly yielded. Columnist Mary McGrory wrote last week that "Ford is still Vice President where Nixon is concerned." Ford does indeed have a reputation for speaking before an issue is thought through, and the fact that he apparently consulted very few people...
...dispute made King furious and he vowed to beat Arum to the Ali-Foreman fight. Soon King was appealing to Ali and his manager, Herbert Muhammad, to deal with a fellow black instead of Arum. King used every selling technique he knew, including quoting the teachings of Herbert's father, Elijah. After weeks of frantic pursuit, Ali agreed. Immediately, King was off to California to approach Foreman. Catching the champion in a parking lot, King pointed to the skin on his arm, and said, "This is my promotion. And I'm black." After several hours, Foreman shook hands...
...Assistant Secretary of State Arthur Hartman and East German Diplomat Herbert Suss signed a four-page document formalizing relations. Rolf Sieber, 44, an economics professor with no previous diplomatic experience, was named East Germany's first Ambassador to the U.S., and John Sherman Cooper, 73, former Republican Senator from Kentucky and Ambassador to India and Nepal (1955-56), was chosen...
...friend and former law partner of Herbert Kalmbach, I have visited him at the correctional facility at Lompoc. It is no country club. Mr. Kalmbach may have served his entire sentence by the time sober study dictates immunity for all other defendants. This would be not only an unequal application of justice but a travesty. May I suggest immediate parole of all imprisoned Watergate-related individuals until the issue of Mr. Nixon's prosecution is settled...
DEFENSIVE END: Harvard lost both starters from last year, including two-time All-Ivy Mitch Berger. Lettermen Paul Hartnett and Hardy Wiedemann seem to have the starting jobs nailed down. Big Walt Herbert has been moved from tight end to give some depth at the position. End: Fair...