Word: popkin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government, is an optimist...
...over a year, the Boston grand jury investigating the Pentagon Papers case has been chasing him for information. For over a year, through court battle after court battle. Popkin has managed to avoid both answering some of their questions and being sentenced to prison for civil contempt. And during the entire affair. Popkin has held that chances were good for his eventual and final success...
...three disputed questions are the remains of an original 14 brought to the court by the government. Earlier this year, Boston's Federal District Court found Popkin in contempt for not answering seven of the 14 questions: a later ruling by the appeals court lowered that number to three...
...Popkin said last night that the new order is "neither a setback or a go-ahead. What they said shouldn't be seen as a plus or a minus: it's just that I have to face the problem again after a few months of peace...
...added that he and his attorneys would definitely file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Daniel Klubock, attorney for Popkin, said last night that the motion would "definitely come within the next 21 days...