Word: probed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Watergate investigations, however, are not a bit of show business but a vital and necessary effort to probe the most serious abuse of power in the republic's history. The U.S. simply has no right to be bored with Watergate. It is just possible the American people now perceive that more clearly than some of their elected officials and some of the chroniclers...
Judge Walter E. Hoffman--who is handling all aspects of the Agnew probe--lectured the jurors on their responsibilities in investigating crimes against the United States no matter whom they involve, and cautioned them to ignore press accounts of the case because they "frequently are wholly or partially inaccurate...
...autumn, the sum of concerns represented by Watergate and its abuses of public trust and presidential power still hung in the air. The astonishing bundle of national contradictions remained: most Americans are weary of Watergate but they nonetheless want Ervin, Cox & Co. to finish their appointed tasks and probe it to its roots. Most Americans want to see Nixon finish out his term as President, but they still believe he is guilty of impeachable crimes. Most Americans, in spite of everything, still see Nixon as the best man now around to be their President, but they do not feel well...
...multinationals have little to fear from any U.N. attempt to regulate their activities. Until the U.N. can persuade its own members to abide by rules to which all have theoretically agreed, it is unlikely to be able to influence private corporations. But proponents of U.N. involvement hope that the probe will strengthen member nations' efforts to harness multinationals' capital and know-how to the cause of equitable development. If so, last week's little-noted hearings may be the opening peep in a debate that will eventually grow much larger...
Criminal Trial. In imperious language, the White House answer declared that the Ervin committee not only had no right to the tapes but that its whole investigation was unconstitutional in the first place. It said that the committee probe "has been, in fact, a criminal investigation and trial conducted for the purpose of determining whether or not criminal acts have been committed and the guilt or innocence of individuals." Such a proceeding, the lawyers argued, exceeds Congress's constitutional powers. The answer asked Sirica to dismiss the committee's subpoena on a number of other grounds. It said...