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...first Nixon aim was to knock down the chances of Muskie's or Senator Edward Kennedy's becoming his opponent and to build up McGovern, who was rightly considered the easier man to beat. This tactic of interfering in the Democratic campaign was approved by Haldeman. Hunt began probing the intimate backgrounds of the potential Democratic candidates. He investigated Kennedy's accident at Chappaquiddick Island. Hoping to further discredit him, Hunt fabricated a State Department cable falsely stating that President John Kennedy had ordered the assassination in 1963 of South Viet Nam's President Diem. Liddy also joined the sabotage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Nixon's Nightmare: Fighting to Be Believed | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

...climbed out of the cellar with an 8-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park yesterday. Carl Yazstrzemski socked two home runs to knock in three runs, and Tommy Harper had one homer and four RBIs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSOX TRIUMPH | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

Then this year, in the third race of the season, Princeton hung a one-second loss on the 'Cliffe down at Princeton, to knock the 'Cliffe out of the unbeaten ranks and insure the season's only perfect record in Eastern rowing...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: 'Cliffe to Vie for Sprint Title Sunday | 5/11/1973 | See Source »

...corporate office. Across the bay, in East Oakland, two other Jesuits are immersed in work among the city's many minorities: the old, the poor, the black, the brown. They may be out on the streets by 7 a.m., checking to see that a wrecker has shown up to knock down an unsafe building, or be battling until 3 in the morning at a neighborhood meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jesuits' Search For a New Identity | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

Being a big gun on the baseball circuit has its problems as well as its obvious rewards. Harvard has done very well in Eastern baseball for quite a few years now, so everyone in the East is anxious to knock the Crimson off in any and all meetings...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Crimson Nine Favored to Win Today Against Experienced Bulldog Batsmen | 4/20/1973 | See Source »

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