Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asked on this score-on that very day, John Connally, his former Secretary of the Treasury, arraigned in Washington's federal court on charges of bribery and other crimes-but in any case it was largely beside the point. It has long been obvious that the real and profound corruption of the Nixon Administration consisted of the abuse of power and the violation of the Constitution rather than mere greed...
...remarkable to note that when John Mitchell was acquitted. President Nixon spoke glowingly of the American jury system and expressed his profound belief in it; but when Ehrlichman was convicted by jury trial [July 22], Nixon called it a "blot on justice," according to Rabbi Baruch Korff...
...While legal services lawyers continued to devote most of their time to individual clients' problems, they accelerated the movement of class-action suits argued on behalf of broad groups of citizens. Decisions in favor of these wronged classes, such as racial minorities petitioning for school desegregation, have had a profound impact on members of all classes--many of whom, of course, have not reacted at all positively to these decisions...
...counsel, Philip Lacovara, 30, proved most professionally proficient of the three. Speaking quickly and precisely without notes, he rescued Jaworski from technical pitfalls and calmly challenged the Chief Justice on his interpretation of legal precedents. He urged the court not to shy away from a decision that might have profound political implications nor to shun its duty to decide a basic constitutional issue. He asked the Justices to "fully, explicitly, decisively?and definitively?uphold Judge Sirica's decision...
...perhaps only Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt played comparable roles in profound crises that threatened the very survival of the society. But the phenomenon is wholly unpredictable; there have been numerous upheavals in human history?the medieval plagues in Europe, for example?in which the event did not summon a savior. Ireland's eternal troubles illustrate history's frequent refusal to beckon a great leader with...