Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eisenhower, Johnson and Nixon and France's Charles de Gaulle. Kissinger has appeared as a member of "Nixon's Palace Guard" (June 8, 1970), "Nixon's Secret Agent" (Feb. 7, 1972), Man of the Year (with Nixon, Jan. 1, 1973) and, on his elevation to Cabinet rank, "The Super Secretary" (Sept. 3, 1973). Just two months ago (April 1), he was pictured as "The Great Kissinger," a magician conjuring up a dove of peace. "[He] has done the seemingly miraculous for so long," TIME wrote, "that it has become almost routine." Yet his hardest task still...
...meant little to his opponents. They were engaged in resisting the power he defended, and what mattered to them was his argument's practical political effects--the extra strength a man of his background and position could lend what they considered an arbitrary power. Whatever similarities of ancestry, social rank and ideology they shared. Hutchinson and the Revolutionaries were on different sides--and so it happened that Mercy Otis Warren moved into his house at Milton, while Hutchinson filed off to different rooms...
Similarly, on Capitol Hill last week, Democratic and Republican leaders alike tried to quell rank-and-file congressional demands that Nixon step down and save the nation the trauma of impeachment and trial. Senate Democratic Whip Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia warned that a forced resignation would polarize the nation. "A significant portion of our citizens would feel that the President had been driven from office by his political enemies," he said. "The question of guilt or innocence would never be fully resolved." Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield declared that "resignation is not the answer." House Speaker Carl Albert...
...think we rank second in the league, although the standings read differently," Harvard coach Jack Barnaby said. "I never felt happier about a team--it was just a hard-luck team. The only time we looked bad this year was when we were sick, and against Princeton you could say there was victory in defeat because we played so well...
...today the Real Football Centennial? While that question may not rank with those about who caused the 18-minute gap or the fate of the proposed Kennedy Library, enough people are excited over it to plan a "Birthday Party" today at Harvard Stadium...