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Nixon applied the realpolitik which Henry Kissinger '50 preached in foreign policy matters against his enemies at home. The "bunker mentality" of the Nixon White house was reinforced by a nexus of illegal espionage and sabotage operations against citizens on Nixon's "Enemies List." When Daniel Ellsberg '52 released the Pentagon Papers, Nixon's men bugged his psychiatrist's office to "neutralize" him. Where other presidents might have settled for damage control, Nixon, again, broke...
...that reigned in the old painting galleries, he arranged the rooms to create a succession of schools and periods. He also conceived the sleek black escalator that runs from the underground level up to the top floor. Set in a vast hall of polished stone, it is the central nexus that links all the departments to one another. Thanks to the large windows on the landings, it offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible, in fact, Pei has sought to provide windows that open the museum...
Call it a nexus, a linking of best-seller components: war, romance, treachery and the sort of cross-cultural trim that has Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, mastermind of the Pearl Harbor strike, spouting about American baseball. He hates the Yankees for their brute power and likes the adroit Cardinals because "they play the game more like we do." This used to be called sneaky, though Deford, a veteran sportswriter, scores one for international correctness when Yamamoto notes that Westerners use the term "element of surprise" when referring to their own wily tactics...