Word: performs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kissinger to go on a trip without the press would be like asking Bob Dylan to perform without The Band," says Mulliken. In Kissinger's case, the star manages to entertain those providing the background music. In his German accent, he will start a discussion this way: "Never have I known so many secrets. Never have I had such influence on world events. Yet no one has tried to seduce me with beautiful women." After a suitable dramatic pause: "It kills...
...main question posed by CBS Correspondent Dan Rather, although the exchange between them was electric. Noting both applause and scattered boos as Rather identified himself, Nixon asked pointedly: "Are you running for something?" Rather replied firmly: "No, sir, Mr. President, are you?" But how, Rather asked, could the House perform its constitutional duties if the President, the person under investigation in the impeachment inquiry, was "allowed to limit its access to potential evidence"? Nixon answered circuitously. He contended that the House investigators were not abiding by the Constitution's grounds for impeachment: "Treason, bribery or other high crimes...
...calls for spending $304.4 billion. Congress now has the power to revise the President's budget completely, but it lacks a centralized staff to analyze such a massive tome. More important, Congress is simply not organized to consider the proposal as a whole-or to perform the essential job of setting goals, weighing priorities, and figuring out where the money is going to be raised to meet specific needs...
...longer officially engaged in Vietnam, and for the time being at least, American bombers are not providing support for South Vietnamese troops. Nonetheless, America's commitment to Thieu and South Vietnam is unflagging. Thousands of civilians employed by the U.S. government and American corporations have moved in to unofficially perform the same military duties which our men in uniform did two years ago. The U.S. does everything for the South Vietnamese army except shoot their rifles and fire their artillery. The level of spending on military aid is still well above $1 billion annually and economic aid is rapidly approaching...
...Butler will perform most of the hurdling chores running in both the intermediates and high hurdles. A supporting cast, Randy Buckley and John Maggio in the intermediate hurdles, could add depth to Butler's one man crusade...