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Wasinger himself would never be mistaken for a member of any Nixonian silent majority...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll | Title: In-Your-Face and On the Right | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...uniquely Nixonian feat, the moral turpitude that marred his presidency will continue even after his death. In his book Beyond Peace, which is due out next month, Nixon writes, "Today, China's economic power makes U.S. lectures about human rights imprudent. Within a decade it will make them irrelevant. Within two decades it will make them laughable...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: Rose Colored Glasses | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

...House. Critics recall the infamous haircut on the runway, the summary firing of the travel staff, the use of the FBI to investigate the travel operation. "The Clinton message is 'I'm pure,' " said a veteran of the Reagan White House, " 'I'm above the law.' It's almost Nixonian. And it's a tragic flaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trials of Hillary Clinton | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...says a good newspaper column has to be dull? Not this provocative punster and old Nixonian whose contrarian views and nose for news enliven the New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Feb. 12, 1990 | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...Talmudic scholar in charge of Nixonian ethics, Goodkind has little to do except write his memoirs. This device allows Wouk to play his own inside- outside game: the surreptitious satisfaction of the autobiographical urge through a fictional character. Presidents and Prime Ministers aside, the novel is patterned on the life and times of Herman Wouk, 69, the author of The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Wouk and Goodkind were born in the same year in The Bronx. Both are sons of laundry owners. Both share Russian-Jewish ancestry and religious orthodoxy. Both author and character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vicomte De Brag Inside, Outside | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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