Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...AMERICANS who were alive at the time have their own stories to tell about where they were on the day Camelot fell--when John Kennedy was assassinated. And likewise, all have stories about where they were the day America finally scared the buzzards out of the palace--when President Nixon resigned...
...years old--an exchange student on an archeological dig in Italy, 20 miles north of Rome. The previous summer I had sat like millions of others in a living room in the middle of suburbia and watched, like a soap opera addict, as one top Nixon aide after another came before the Senate Watergate committee to hint at the various venal sins committed by the administration still in power. Like so many others, I drew the routine conclusion that Nixon was a paranoid scum, and wondered how much longer he would cling to the Oval Office. It took them...
...President Nixon could not get his Family Assistance Plan through Congress. What makes you think Congress will buy your welfare program...
Revisionism is starting on Johnson as it has started on other Presidents. We have learned about the alleged loves of Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy. More stories about Richard Nixon's back-room shenanigans have emerged. Indeed, some have wondered why there were no new revelations on how L.B.J. got that TV monopoly in Austin and made millions. There were also as many whispers about him and girls as there were about
...Publisher's Awards to the writers of stories deemed exceptional. In both instances he often accepts Rosenthal's recommendations. Sulzberger does suggest occasional news stories and editorials (he was actively involved in last week's endorsement of Mayoral Candidate Mario Cuomo) and chooses all columnists. One discovery: former Nixon Speechwriter William Safire, whom he hired in 1973 after meeting him at a dinner party. The publisher often attends Rosenthal's 3:45 p.m. front-page conference but rarely speaks up. He skips the once-weekly "Bust Their Ass" meeting, where editors discuss investigative stories that will, Rosenthal hopes, inspire envy...