Word: nonpartisan
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...floor leader of the Democratic majority in the House and the man responsible for ensuring the fairness of the impeachment process. "The main thing is getting the show on the road," says O'Neill. "The American people want some action-and they want it on a nonpartisan basis...
...impeachment road. It is a dangerous road not only for Congressmen but for the nation as well. Whatever the outcome for Nixon, millions of Americans are going to be at the very least dissatisfied and unhappy. And if the process is not seen to be orderly, just and reasonably nonpartisan, the effect could divide the nation and embitter U.S. politics for years to come...
...House Divided? Prodded by O'Neill, Rodino has shown an increasing sensitivity about maintaining not only a nonpartisan approach but also the appearance of nonpartisanship. Last October, Rodino made the mistake of proposing that only he have the right to subpoena materials. When the committee voted on the motion, the Democrats predictably won by a straight party vote, 21 to 17. The Republicans then charged, not without some reason, that it appeared the Democrats were out to get the President by collecting only anti-Nixon evidence...
...prosecutors, judges, jurors?and, indeed, the vast public jury ?try to emulate the nonpartisan determination and faith of Judge John Sirica, who insists with simple sincerity that "if the truth just comes out, we'll all be all right...
...battlefield. Premier Golda Meir admitted last week that in the first days of the Yom Kippur War, even she feared that Israel would be defeated and annihilated. Attempting to still the cries of critics who charge that her government was unprepared for the war, she appointed a nonpartisan five-man commission, headed by Supreme Court President Shimon Agranat, to investigate the army's errors...