Word: keys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Another key post for which Nixon wanted a man he knew intimately was that of Attorney General. He settled on John Mitchell, the dour-looking lawyer whom Nixon once called "the heavyweight" because of his acumen and administrative talents. Mitchell had sworn vehemently to anyone who would listen that he would take no post in the Administration. Nixon surprised many who remembered his 1960 campaign by heeding most of his manager...
...last hurrah had sounded. Last week Rockefeller put a halt to any premature postmortems by announcing that he intends to run for re-election in 1970. If he succeeds, he will be only the second Governor in New York history to serve uninterruptedly for more than twelve years.* The key to Rockefeller's decision to run again is his eagerness to show that his $6 billion Urban Development Corporation can effectively rebuild city slums. As one Rockefeller aide puts it, "The sound of the steam shovel will soon be heard in the land." More immediately, however, Rockefeller faces...
Ticket in Pocket. The Russians demanded that a large chunk of the loan go to heavy industry, even though the Czechoslovaks had planned to give primary attention to consumer and light industries. The Russians also ruled out expanded trade with the West. Moreover, Brezhnev demanded the ouster of two key liberals: National Assembly President Josef Smrkovsky and Ota Sik, the architect of Czechoslovakia's economic reforms, who retains a seat on the Central Committee despite his self-imposed exile in Switzerland since Russia's invasion. As he was about to fly home for the meeting last week...
...key points in South Viet Nam, allied forces last week were placed on alert in anticipation of a new enemy offensive. Captured documents, prisoner interrogations and exhortations broadcast by the clandestine Viet Cong radio pointed to an imminent push-perhaps to coincide with the eighth anniversary of the founding of the guerrillas' National Liberation Front...
...Negro named Edward Simmons was one of the most pugnacious trial lawyers in Chicago back in the 1950s. With a Phi Beta Kappa key hanging from his watch chain-he claimed to be a Howard University alumnus-Simmons tried hundreds of cases, won acquittals for many an accused criminal, and was known for meticulous appeals briefs. He was a touchy sort who once sued the Chicago Transit Authority for $1,000,000 because a bus driver had been rude to him. His colleagues noticed that he took pleasure in berating prosecutors and judges. Simmons was such a high-powered attorney...