Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weekend had its deepest support among citizens who dislike Nixon and his policies. The outpour of new impeachment supporters, however, came from those who felt strongly that the President was placing himself above the law by threatening to defy Judge Sirica. Nixon recognized this reality when he instructed his lawyer, Charles Alan Wright, to state simply, "This president does not defy the law." This catch-phrase will be the cornerstone of Nixon's Watergate strategy in the coming weeks...
...many conferences with Mr. Cox," Sirica said. "He is a great lawyer and a great American." As for Richardson, Sirica said he was "sure Richardson felt he was doing the right thing. He is also a great American...
...LONE INCUMBENT not seeking reelection to the City Council in November, Robert P. Moncreiff perhaps typifies the liberal professional's venture into politics: A successful lawyer as well as a concerned citizen, Moncreiff, has become more familiar with frustration than achievement in his four years on the Council. Yet far from feeling bitter over past defeats, Moncreiff's chief regret is that he cannot continue to play a major role in the pitched battle that is government in Cambridge...
...young lawyer became active in local politics, mainly through the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). Moncreiff participated in the CCA's School Affairs Committee and various campaign activities, and in 1963 he managed a successful campaign for Francis H. Duehay '55 for the School Committee. Duehay, dean of admissions and studies at the Graduate School of Education, is now one of Moncreiff's colleagues on the Council running for re-election...
Balzac was born in 1799 in Touraine, the province of France that is perhaps least regional and most national in feeling. His family had sizable social ambitions, most of them never satisfied. They tried to force their son to be a lawyer, but from the moment Balzac encountered the library of his boring, squalid boarding school, he was totally committed to the life of the imagination...