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During the long crossexamination, Mitchell doggedly defended his earlier claim that he was "absolutely not guilty" of any of the nine charges-including six of perjury-brought against him. He took special pains to rebut the testimony given against him by John Dean, who was his protege at the Department.of Justice. In particular, Mitchell denied Dean's claim that Mitchell asked him to intervene with the SEC to delay subpoenas that had been issued against some of Vesco's employees...
...look for fruitful balance of qualities that will be useful for the staff's self-education--and my own--as well as for that of undergraduates. Twice I have recruited Jesuits for the staff, in both cases highly gifted teachers and scholars, and one consideration was my wish to rebut the now somewhat attenuated anti-Catholic prejudices in this particular New England university. Correspondingly, I actively recruited women to teach in the course, as much for the benefit of the Harvard as the Radcliffe undergraduates, and this too might be defined as "patronage." A search for the best person...
...Sadat pointedly occupied a central seat at a tumultuous meeting in Cairo last year, where Egyptian women confronted Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to rebut his arguments for political union between the two countries. If Gaddafi imposed his fundamentalist Islamic views on such a merger, they shouted scornfully, it would force them all back to the harem, and they refused...
...testify before the Ervin committee about their private conversations with him, and 2) by permitting H.R. Haldeman, a private citizen since his departure as White House chief of staff, to listen to tapes of presidential meetings. After receiving the Cox reply and giving the White House an opportunity to rebut it, Sirica will schedule oral arguments in the case...
...FARAH PANTS Company has purchased an advertisement elsewhere in this newspaper which seeks to rebut charges leveled against the Company by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, various Chicano groups, and a variety of religious leaders...