Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...manager, says, "This is a state in which a young guy without means or connections knows the sky is the limit if he runs for public office?and this is why so many...
...diplomatic community has already abandoned the Lon Nol ship of state. One group after another has evacuated dependents and unnecessary personnel: the Japanese, the British, the Malaysians, the Australians and so on down the line. The U.S. embassy is still at its congressional limit of 200 staffers. Phnom-Penh has only about 65 other American residents, plus about 30 to 40 journalists. They all have been notified of evacuation stations and advised by the embassy that they will be allowed to bring only one small suitcase; the embassy notice suggested that the bag best be packed in advance...
Much was made by both Wilson and Ehrlichman of a provision in the 1968 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, which stated that nothing in the act "shall limit the constitutional power of the President to take such measures as he deems necessary to protect the nation against" national security threats. But that phrase, as Wilson conceded, did not confer any fresh power on the President. Indeed the Administration had once argued that the phrase justified tapping the telephones of domestic security risks without a warrant, only to lose in the Supreme Court by a resounding 8-0 tally...
...last horizon is penciled in a few inches from his nose. He designs the skiff along the firm specifications of his daydreams. He begins to fall in love with his girl. Most of all, he seeks links between himself, his father, and his grandfather, an energetic old crook of limit less cynicism, "bilking everyone and being down right fatherly about it." His preference in sexual foreplay is to jump around on a trampoline with his well-rounded middle-aged mistress...
...more like Europe's mercenaries, which is insulting to the dignity of both parties." Why should Europe not say to the U.S. President: "Admit that your troops are not in Europe out of love but because you have vital interests here." The U.S. could then fix a time limit for withdrawal gradual enough to enable Europe to take up the slack...