Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...additional indictments against Ehrlichman and Charles W. Colson, Nixon's former special counsel. For both, it was the second indictment within a week. The fresh indictments were for their roles in the burglary of Beverly Hills Psychiatrist Lewis J. Fielding on Sept. 3, 1971. The aim of the raid was to grab the doctor's files on Daniel Ellsberg, who was then being prosecuted for his release of the Pentagon papers' history of the Viet...
...prisoner stands in the modern, well-lighted classroom and begins self consciously to read from his manuscript. It is the rollicking story of a predawn police raid on the upstate New York home of LSD Guru Timothy Leary. The informally dressed audience - 29 other inmates and an instructor who is himself an ex-con - laughs appreciatively at the description of troopers peering inside, hoping for a glimpse of porno films but seeing only flickering psychedelic lights. When the cops finally storm the place, they find no orgy, no mob of spaced-out kids. Instead, Leary, dressed in white pajamas, comes...
...Being laid off after working 20 years and reduced (raised?) to househusband status [Feb. 18] has certainly created new habits in me. I empty the garbage even if the bag is empty, look for the mail several times before the mailman arrives, and raid the refrigerator when I'm not hungry. It's just ridiculous, but as the attitude improves so do the habits. I really pushed the study habit. I have already earned a B.S. degree, and I expect to receive an M.S. this summer...
...York Times. Serpico left the police only after he had already faced the dangers of being a loner on the force and a crusader against the ruling order. He offered public testimony against police (while still recovering from gunshot wounds in the head, incurred in a Harlem narcotics raid); he then sought peace in Switzerland...
...ancient and honorable right of politicians to "raid the closet and steal the stovepipe hat," as Professor Donald puts it. But as he so often does in his moments of emotional oratory, Nixon seems to have gone beyond the bounds of fact and good taste. A sample of Lincoln scholars was appalled. "I'm outraged," said Donald. "I don't see a hell of a lot of parallel myself," said Historian Bruce Catton...