Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unfortunately, part of the drama of the closest thing to a confession that Nixon is ever likely to make was lost in the editing of the show. The 90-minute broadcast was distilled from almost five hours of grilling by Frost on Watergate. Nearly an hour of the taping that landed on the cutting-room floor covered unsuccessful efforts by the gentlemanly British interviewer to elicit some admission of responsibility and guilt. The final Nixon monologue that was shown was in fact the culmination of a long period of mounting tension on the homey seaside set in California, but this...
...happened, about an hour before this troublesome session, Nixon begged off, telling Alcorn on the phone that there were too many newspapermen around. Said one participant in the final episode: "Nixon was never more than a back-seat passenger in the whole thing...
...sixpack, Mr. Average American. As of last week-May 4, to be exact-you started working for yourself instead of the Government. By the reckoning of Tax Foundation, Inc., the average wage earner on an eight-hour day had to work four months and four days this year just to pay his federal, state and local taxes. Figured on a daily basis, the tax bite seems no less painful: for two hours and 42 minutes of Mr. Average's day, he labors for those who serve...
...deal, he scooped up the betting and loan-shark rackets in Pennsylvania Station, which net at least $500,000 a year. Other mobsters, including some nominally under Dellacroce, sold Galante a number of Manhattan sweatshops in which black and Hispanic women, many working at less than $3 an hour (the union scale is $4.81), stitch garments that are sold in legitimate clothing stores across the country. Authorities
...world know your side," Thomson told the protesters. "But," he added, "you are violating the law of New Hampshire, and whether this is a nuclear plant or an oil refinery or a nursing home, you are trespassing." At Thomson's orders, police gave the demonstrators about an hour to leave the site. When most refused to budge, the police moved in and began making arrests...