Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There never was a "new Nixon." There has only been one Nixon: courageous, unpredictable, honorable and ever so gloriously human. The glory days of Nixon demonology are coming to a close, so enjoy the sweet hatred while it lasts. The future is ours...
...Nixon resurgence is easily understood. The man represents everything we have come to expect from our politicians and more: duplicity, mendacity, avariciousness, venality and clumsiness...
...House in April, came up last week before Senator Abraham Ribicoff's Governmental Affairs Committee?and was promptly consigned to either imminent death or limbo by the lobbyists. Leading the assault against it were such diverse persuaders as William Timmons, the former Capitol Hill liaison man for the Nixon and Ford Administrations, Freelancers Maurice Rosenblatt and William Bonsib, and Diane Rennert of the Association of American Publishers. In a multiple assault, they first threw their weight behind a much milder version of the bill, which was substituted for Ribicoff's stiff version. Despite telephone calls from the President, even...
...Reserve Bank economist, he became an assistant to Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson in 1959. From 1961 to 1968, while the Democrats were in power, Walker served as executive vice president of the American Bankers Association. He moved back to the Treasury Department as the No. 2 man after Richard Nixon's inauguration...
...talking to reporters. But because the remarks were delivered off the record, they were not printed. This time the newsmen felt that Martin was talking for print?and they printed his crack about Steinbrenner being "convicted," a reference to his guilty plea in connection with illegal contributions to Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign.* Within twelve hours of deriding his boss, Martin was tearfully reading a "resignation" speech. Steinbrenner, who has never been loath to meddle in clubhouse affairs (including making out lineup cards and giving pep talks as well as second-guessing his manager in print), left it to Yankee...