Word: paradox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people believe that these men were lying too (see chart). Indeed, the percentage of people who think that Mitchell was lying increased after the Nixon press conference from 41% to 56%, despite one answer in which the President supported Mitchell's testimony. There would seem to be a paradox, however, in the fact that many also disbelieve John Dean, the President's chief accuser and the man whose testimony conflicts sharply with that of the other aides. Yet Dean's credibility is somewhat higher than that of the other major Ervin committee witnesses...
...many ways it is a great paradox. It gives me faith in the history of this country. Back there, we would have said that the least likely man elected to do all these things would be Richard Nixon. But he has done them. What is important is that...
...handling his job. The Oliver Quayle poll further announced that if the 1972 elections were to be repeated today, Senator George McGovern (who received only 38% of the popular vote) would win with 51%. The only comfort the polls held for the President was the curious paradox that, while 73% suspected him of complicity in the Watergate coverup, only 26% wanted him removed from office...
...part, the improvement constitutes a painful paradox: some of the same factors that are causing economic anguish within the U.S. are easing the aches abroad. The dollar devaluations have caused prices of imports to climb, but they have made U.S. products more competitive in world markets. Worldwide bidding for scarce commodities is shooting up prices, aggravating inflation in the U.S. and elsewhere, but also spurring exports and thus American income from foreign sales. Soaring U.S. interest rates are wounding borrowers inside the country, but also bringing home dollars that formerly fled overseas seeking higher investment yields. This repatriation of American...
...good enough condition to be rehabilitated. Given the hazards of slum life, loans to refurbish the houses will have to be made by public-spirited corporations. But then, the first homesteaders were never promised a rose garden. The new law is a bold response to the grim urban paradox of a shortage of adequate housing accompanied by the abandonment of structurally sound homes...