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...professional politician: he spoke a language that Nixon understood. As Secretary of Defense, Laird knew his subject thoroughly before he took office. Remaining influential in the Congress, Laird could be ignored by the President only at serious risk. While his maneuvers were often as byzantine as those of Nixon, he accomplished with verve and surprising good will what Nixon performed with grim determination and inward resentment. Laird liked to win, but unlike Nixon, derived no great pleasure from seeing someone else lose. There was about him a buoyancy and a rascally good humor that made working with him as satisfying...
Directed by Terence Young Screenplay by Laird Koenig...
...also find a place for [former Defense Secretary] Mel Laird. Maybe as a troubleshooter, a coordinator, to work with Congress. I'd find a place for Nelson Rockefeller. If you have a fellow like Rockefeller in the country, you should never put him on the shelf. If the world sees that the country is going bipartisan to combat inflation, then the country will be in shape to go forward...
...This is a well-deserved honor," Nan M. Laird, assistant professor of Biostatistics, said yesterday. "He [Mosteller] is sincerely interested in his work and in his students...
...Laird added she believes Mosteller will "make a significant contribution to science in his new position...