Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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James D. St. Clair, former attorney for former President Richard M. Nixon who is now representing the town of Mashpee, said in his final argument Tuesday that the Indians only are the descendants of the "remnants of other tribes" who converted to Christianity, shed their tribal affiliations and settled in the Cape Cod seashore community, in the 1660's. Lawrence D. Shubow, attorney for the Indians, summed up his case Tuesday saying, "Don't deny these people their identity. They have been fighting for this identity for 350 years. Are you going to say 'You've been a living fraud...
What Carter is doing now-this man is trying to give the true image of America: gallantry, human rights, morality, honesty. The man is honest. Vance is honest. Carter is playing the game evenhanded with everyone, really. And that is what we anticipate from the U.S. When Nixon came here, millions hailed him because they wanted to tell you, in America, that we are, we want to be friends, and very dear friends. I have dealt with three Presidents-Nixon, Ford and this Carter. I can say that everything is improving...
Most of the Government, however, remains impervious to presidential commands. After all, Presidents come and go; the civil service endures. One of the most durable bureaucracies is HEW, with its $53 billion budget. A centralizer of the old school, Secretary Joseph Califano reversed the decentralization undertaken by the Nixon and Ford Administrations. The ten regional directors were shorn of their independence, which was returned to Washington for safekeeping despite Carter's promise to restore "Government to the people." HEW argues that its 370 programs need to be run from headquarters for the sake of consistency; divergent decisions, the department feels...
...quarrel over in the Carter record. Yet when Jerry flew off to Vail for the holidays, he complimented Carter on his graciousness and explained that political differences did not intrude in their "friendly relationship." Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower did not speak for more than eight years; Richard Nixon and John Kennedy spoke only when they...
Best Look at an Old Face: Jason Robards' portrayal of a vile President, Richard Monckton, a dead ringer for Richard Nixon, in ABC's Washington: Behind Closed Doors...