Word: hughe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...departure of Nixon was, above all, an extraordinary triumph of the American system. The nation is not wrong to permit itself some self-congratulation on that. Just after he had sworn in the new President, Chief Justice Warren Burger grabbed the hand of Senator Hugh Scott, the Government colleague nearest to him. "Hugh," said Burger, "it worked. Thank God, it worked." He meant the system...
...Ford concluded, there was an almost tangible lifting of spirits in the East Room and across the nation. From the Congress that had repudiated Richard Nixon, there was al most universal acclaim. "It will undoubtedly bring the country together," said Senate G.O.P. Leader Hugh Scott. "It was magnificent." Agreed Mike Mansfield: "It was superb. He hit all the right notes. It was authentic Jerry Ford...
...burdened St. Clair pushed on to give the same shocking message to Senate leaders, assembled in Republican Leader Hugh Scott's office. "I have some very bad news," he repeated. After relating it, he added: "I was tempted to resign. I framed the issue that the President would either have to make this disclosure or he'd lose a lawyer." Perhaps wishfully, St. Clair insisted: "I think I can honorably continue to defend him. There are elements here on which I can continue to make a case." He could no longer argue that there was no evidence against...
...many in Washington, the most likely candidate is former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott called him "my No. 1 choice," and Rockefeller also appears to have the public backing of one of Ford's closest political confidants, former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, who told one reporter last week: "Ford and Rockefeller will form a winning combination for the Republican Party." There were some who suspected that Laird floated Rockefeller's name in order to have it quickly shot down to enhance Laird's own chances for the nomination. That suspicion...
Even before the Judiciary Committee had voted on the second and third articles of impeachment, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate met in Majority Leader Mike Mansfield's office. After the meeting, Mansfield, together with Minority Leader Hugh Scott and Democratic and Republican Whips Robert Byrd and Robert Griffin, announced that the Senate Rules Committee would review existing impeachment trial rules...