Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...restricting the right of two Senators to travel, the Administration position having been seriously eroded by the Chilean revelations. Hearings had begun before the Foreign Relations Committee, and it was apparent that perjury indictments against high officials were being considered, and thus it was simply an inopportune time to prevent two members of the committee from visiting Cuba, another nation which suffered--but weathered--malicious American intervention...
...would still be a positive outgrowth of American crimes in Chile. But there may well be a more fundamental reason. President Ford has not yet publicly commented on the trip, and an aide to Javits said that the President had made no efforts to contact either Senator to prevent it. This appears to indicate that Javits and Pell at least had Ford's tacit approval...
...farcical as Carlos' court, but all are finally more sickening than funny. Carlos is too pitiful to be a traditional tragic hero, but he is in a sort of tragic situation: war will follow his death, no matter what he does to stop it. The only thing that could prevent it is the last thing in the world this congenitally ill man can be expected to do--to live forever...
...magazines. After a long series of unproductive meetings with Information Minister Nha, the editors announced that they would henceforth ignore government restrictions. When three Saigon newspapers published the full text of the Catholic priests' charges against Thieu and his family, about 60 Catholics, Buddhists and journalists marched to prevent police from entering the printing plants. One newspaper proprietor burned 10,000 copies of an edition the police had ordered confiscated while a crowd shouted, "Down with dictatorship and corruption!" Such public displays would have been unthinkable only a few months...
...custodian to take possession of the papers and tapes and Nixon challenged the move, the question would then go to the courts. No matter who is given title, there may still be disputes over access to the material. If the Government is declared the owner, Ford could prevent the release of any materials not subpoenaed. Should Nixon be granted ownership, he could try to deny access by claiming Executive privilege, though Ford might claim that only he as President has that privilege...