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Dates: during 1970-1979
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He was a professional politician: he spoke a language that Nixon understood. As Secretary of Defense, Laird knew his subject thoroughly before he took office. Remaining influential in the Congress, Laird could be ignored by the President only at serious risk. While his maneuvers were often as byzantine as those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Melvin Laird | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

The incident could not have occurred at a more unfortunate time. The California Supreme Court, long regarded as one of the best state courts in the nation, is in the midst of a long-drawn, harrowing investigation involving charges that it allowed political considerations to influence the timing of important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Tale of Pot and Politics | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

As operagoers moved through the gala ritual of the Metropolitan's opening night last week, they were met with an unfamiliar sight. Television lights glared down on the huge Chagall murals and curving marble staircases. Cameras panned the red-carpeted lobby. On the Grand Tier balcony, presumably sophisticated first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Met, the Moor and the Eye | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

The meeting started at 9:35 a.m., Jan. 23. Le Duc Tho managed even on this solemn occasion to make himself obnoxious by insisting on ironclad assurances of American economic aid to North Viet Nam. I told him that this could not be discussed further until after the agreement was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

(6 of 23) that he established, with Nixon's encouragement, to bypass the regular bureaucracies. One such channel was set up in Paris to deal secretly with North Vietnamese negotiators. Initially he dealt with Xuan Thuy, Hanoi's chief negotiator at the official plenary peace talks on Avenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

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