Word: leone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chances of completing his second term in office fell to their lowest point since the Watergate scandal first threatened his political survival. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Nixon had no authority to withhold tape recordings of his White House conversations from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski (see page 20). The ruling raised the possibility that more evidence damaging to the President may become available...
...personal income. The evidence shows that IRS investigators felt that without sworn testimony from the people who worked on Nixon's taxes about the numerous discrepancies in their statements to the IRS, there was insufficient proof that fraud had been committed. The IRS recommended to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski that a grand jury look into the matter. That investigation is now under...
...many intellectuals of the Left really listened to the editors of the Partisan Review when in 1968, sensing the dispair of the intellectual community, they reprinted a 1912 essay by Leon Trotsky, "Concerning the Intelligentsia," that called upon intellectuals to use the time of decreased political efficacy as a mere prelude to revolution, rather than succumbing to depression? The final verdict is not in because the repressive Republican interregnum has not yet ended. But Vogelgesang might have either scored those who have merely returned to their former quiescence or explained how, for instance, Mailer is preparing for revolution...
...WATERGATE INVESTIGATION BEEN FAIR? The President found no fault with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski "whom I respect very much." But Nixon criticized "some of the activities of some of his eager-beaver staffers" for unfairly harassing witnesses during Watergate investigations...
...reputation among Economists and Congressmen is at an alltime low. Created under the 1946 Employment Act in part to provide the President with the best professional advice on reducing the jobless rate, the council has had its share of controversy. For example, Congress became so antagonized by CEA Chief Leon Keyserling's partisan support of Truman Administration policies that President Eisenhower let the council go out of business briefly...