Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficult to count the White House aides who have rushed out of service and made money on their memoirs, the books based on secret Government papers that they have kept. A grand distortion was reached when the estate of the late Robert Kennedy sold his account of the Cuban missile crisis for at least a million dollars. It was written from secret Government documents and Kennedy's recollection of his participation, for which he had been paid a salary from public funds. We have recently seen men hunger for White House positions, partially motivated by their hopes to turn...
...friend, was in turn given or lent for the personal use of two other Nixon intimates: Rose Mary Woods, the President's personal secretary, and Donald Nixon, his brother. This claim by Kalmbach directly contradicts sworn testimony by Rebozo and Miss Woods. Rebozo contends that the money was kept untouched for three years in a safety deposit box and then returned to Hughes. The testimony also conflicts with similar public assertions by President Nixon. Kalmbach testified that his source for this information was Rebozo...
...vice president of the Marriott Corp., the hotel and restaurant chain founded by J. Willard Marriott, friend and financial backer of the President, Don Nixon has a history of stumbling into embarrassing business deals. During his rambling, flustered performance in court, he revealed just how carefully his brother has kept him at arm's length from the White House. Said he: "John Mitchell is a man that I was delegated-that designated that I should talk to him about any matter pertaining to-in other words I never talk to my brother about anything, and John Mitchell...
...much of his life, Pompidou marched to the beat of the general's drum. He was De Gaulle's chosen heir, and though he lacked the general's grandeur and electrifying sense of history, Pompidou took De Gaulle's inspiration and institutionalized it. He kept alive the ideals of a movement-a strong executive authority, a sense of social order, a heightened feeling of national pride and independence-that might have died with its founder. Still, Pompidou was more of a caretaker than a creator, and he notably failed to impart to his countrymen-particularly...
...first time I've ever said that"), Senator Humphrey stepped into the spotlight before a packed audience of all ages at the Washington, D.C., armory. By longstanding tradition, the opening was billed as Congressional Night at the Circus. Seldom at a loss for words, Humphrey kept up an authentic ringmaster's patter for half an hour as North Dakota Senator Quentin Burdick and Alaska Senator Ted Stevens plus 14 Representatives dressed as clowns paraded around the ring on elephants before the regular show. Perhaps noting the lack of donkeys, Senator Henry Jackson was a no-show. Instead...