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...From the outset, the latest major trial brought by the Watergate special prosecutor's office had seemed to be a difficult undertaking at best. Chief Prosecutor Frank Tuerkheimer and the two other Government attorneys had to prove that John B. Connally-three times Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Treasury under Richard Nixon and a multimillionaire-had accepted a relatively modest $10,000 gratuity from Associated Milk Producers, Inc., for urging Nixon to boost federal milk price supports in 1971. To back up that charge, the Government relied on testimony by Attorney Jake Jacobsen. When seven charges of fraud...
...facto recognition. His notion, though somewhat ambiguous in the article, is for a Palestinian state on the West Bank, perhaps in Gaza. Thus he wants Israel to relinquish territory to the PLO for the creation of a Palestinian State, but does not demand that such a state, at the outset, recognize Israel: "It is foolish to expect at this stage or in the near future, any West Bank state to give up what Mr. Arafat calls his dream. It is always foolish to ask people to give up dreams. The essence of international relations simply consists in creating conditions...
...tone of the debate would be clear from the outset. Earlier that day Rusher slammed Shockley for forming what he considered conclusions that "are in the main line liberal...
...Bruins dominated the contest from the outset, and maintained constant pressure on Chicago goalie Tony Esposito throughout the game, outshooting the Black Hawks, 56-19. But Tony O, who had been atrocious in the two previous games in the series, came up with the big game stopping 52 of the Boston shots...
...Beatty has a purpose beyond merely mocking the life of an L.A. hairdresser, as he lets us know at the outset with the flashing of "Election Day" on the dark screen, and as he reminds us every time we see the face that is becoming the most comic mug since Tom Dewey. Ah, yes, we think, as we watch George's tumescence, very similar to the swelling of CREEP's campaign funds. A pair of legs spreading apart, we realize, is quite analogous to the hairy palm of a politician opening up to receive a bribe. As we watch George...