Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inside observer. Three times the opinions were sent to the printer only to be pulled back for additions, deletions and revisions. The version finally made public was the fourth. Blackmun, in particular, had trouble making up his mind. Though he and Burger have often been paired as the Nixon-appointed and conservatively inclined "Minnesota twins," he decisively parted with his colleague on this issue...
Carter's 16-page Executive order replaces one issued in 1972 by Richard Nixon, and according to civil liberty experts represents a significant step toward defoliating the secrets jungle. The new policy...
Before he struck out in the White House, Richard Nixon often rooted for his favorite ball club, the California Angels, from a privileged spot: the private box of Angels Owner Gene Autry. Last week the former President turned up at Autry's side for the first time since Watergate, munching peanuts and hot dogs as the Angels took on the Kansas City Royals at Anaheim Stadium. Playing good sport, Nixon even gave a short State of the Game address on a local radio show, during which he made perfectly clear that Sandy Koufax was "the world's best...
When Richard Nixon nominated Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. to the Supreme Court in 1971, on his mind must have been something like General Pickett's exhortation to his troops before their ill-fated charge at Gettysburg...
...President-designate appeared shortly thereafter in the Hyannis Armory in Republican Barnstable County, Cape Cod. Barnstable Township had voted its Protestant prejudice the previous day, preferring Nixon over Kennedy by 4,515 to 2,783. Kennedy strode up on the platform, puffy-eyed, but still handsome. He had insisted that his father now appear with him in public, and also his pregnant wife...