Word: patly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Says Pat Platto, owner of a linoleum company: "In this political system, a President has to be amoral...
...want to divert from the Watergate issue-that would be the cowardly thing to do," declared the familiar earnest voice from beneath familiar furrowed brows. "Pat and I this day have adopted two Vietnamese orphans -one from North Viet Nam, one from South Viet Nam. In America, anything is possible." The sound is Richard Nixon, emanating from Impressionist David Frye, taking off the President to crowds at Washington's Shoreham Hotel, Nixon's election-night headquarters. Frye, hunching into his shoulders and flashing a V sign, continues: "My Administration has taken crime off the streets...
...seven-year sentence. Lorey, who would like to practice in a large hospital, is adjusting to his virtual exile. Some citizens of the once brawling town at first expressed concern about having a doctor with a record of drug problems, but now the townspeople are calling him Doctor Pat...
Washington talked of little else. At a luncheon given by Pat Nixon for Senators' wives, the topic was discussed in muted voices, for the Watergate conspirators had sabotaged several Democratic Senators' presidential campaigns. Comedians performing in the capital were egged on to do Watergate routines. Audiences hooted at a parody of Nixon's re-election slogan: "Four more years-with two off for good behavior." More ominously, there was open speculation, in print as well as in conversation, about the President's being impeached or having to resign. Even Nixon's bitterest foes dreaded...
...many occasions, Lady Bird has relied on her family and friends for support. She often has dinner with her younger daughter Luci, Luci's husband Pat Nugent and their two children. "A host of old friends have also rallied round," says Lady Bird. "Lyndon never cut the strings between himself and old friends, and they've been marvelous in thinking of things to do. They know a bridge game is my favorite way to push a button and escape." Other friends have invited her to Mexico to dig for Aztec artifacts and given parties for her in Washington...