Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington have laid claim to such documents, the practice is based on custom, not law. Why official papers produced at public expense ought to be considered private property has never been persuasively argued. Nixon's position, moreover, is unique. "I don't recall any criminal investigation being in progress at the time Washington gathered up his papers and left office," observed a G.O.P. lawyer in Washington. Ford, however, was probably relieved to escape any further responsibility for those much sought-after tapes...
...writing. Haldeman and Ehrlichman's attorneys promptly submitted a memo. But Nixon was irritated by the whole incident, thought it was a bad time to pressure him, considering his own difficulties, and rejected any pardon. Ehrlichman tried a different tactic, telephoning Friend Julie Eisenhower, but he made no better progress. Sourly, and with no supporting evidence, one associate of the two aides concluded: "It's possible that Nixon turned his back on Haldeman and Ehrlichman because his own pardon deal was set and he didn't want to queer it by pardoning them at the last minute...
...Emperor was a founding father of the Organization of African Unity in 1963 and established its headquarters in his capital. At home, though, he seemed concerned mostly with the trappings of progress-inspecting new roads and interviewing youths proposed for scholarships abroad. He did little to initiate changes that might have raised Ethiopia from its position as one of Africa's poorest, least literate and most corrupt nations. His failure to act on economic and social problems triggered the military protests last February and led inexorably to his ouster...
Last night's emergency message gave an account of the security guards' contract decision and went on to say, "The strike is still in progress. The Institute is open, and classes are being held all week. All employees are expected to report to work as usual...
Meanwhile, HEW conducts a constant monitoring of the program, evaluating its progress largely by comparing the numbers of women and minorities actually hired with the numbers predicted in the plan. These numbers are a tricky business because they remind many people in universities of quotas, which make academics recoil in horror...