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...Executive had taken an uncalculated, ill-informed risk that unnecessarily put his prestige on the line when the nation's economic woes could least afford a blow to the new Administration's credibility. It is clear that GM recanted mainly to get the new President off the hook...
...Nixon's presidency began to topple. Throughout resignation week, the calls came with nerve-jangling frequency, mostly from well-wishers urging Ford to prepare himself to assume the presidency. All told, the Taylors received 150 calls within the week, even though they often took the phone off the hook. Finally, their patience wearing thin, they requested a new phone number. Gerald Ford, of course, can now be reached at the White House...
Moses got things done by hook or by crook. He blackmailed politicians into supporting his proposals by threatening to reveal dirt his "bloodhounds" had dug up--his dossiers were the terror of state politics. Triborough's vast patronage in the fields of construction, engineering, banking and insurance were doled on the basis of loyal support. Moses's opponents were ruthlessly blacklisted. His own brother--whose existence he never publicly acknowledged--was refused work as the qualified engineer he was because Moses had conceived a grudge against him. As the guardian of his brother's trust funds, Moses...
Other important busing plans - notably the 20,000-student shuffle that will take place next fall in Boston - will be unaffected because city lines will not be crossed. Says Boston College Law Professor Leonard Strickman: "The suburbs have been let off the hook from participating in the attempt to solve the education problems of the cities on which they rely so heavily...
Colson's monstrous plot, however, can scarcely be constructed from such shards. Why, then, did he unburden himself to Bast? One theory is that Colson wanted to make a last desperate try to get himself (and the President) off the hook. So why not blame Watergate on the CIA, which is already highly suspect to much of the public and in no position to defend itself. If this was indeed the scheme, then considering how battered American institutions are and how in need of support and not defamation, it was one of the dirtiest tricks that Colson has played...