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Haldeman's bad memory gave Ben-Veniste a choice opportunity to try to refresh it by reading portions of previously undisclosed transcripts of White House tapes. They included revelations that shortly before Nixon sought the resignations of Haldeman and Ehrlichman in April 1973, he had offered them help for future legal costs and family support from one of two secret White House funds. One was a fund of $200,000 to $300,000 controlled by Nixon...
Some Obligation. Whenever Mitchell contended that he could not recall some cover-up act, Neal reread the testimony of other witnesses "to refresh Mr. Mitchell's recollection"-and to make the point that Mitchell was contradicting the testimony of at least six prosecution witnesses. Mitchell became especially entangled in trying to explain why he had advised that a final payment of $75,000 be made to Burglar...
...signals, head lamps, horn, fuse box and part of the electronically controlled fuel-injection system. The only requirement is that every team meet its production goal for a shift. As long as cars roll out on schedule, workers are free to take coffee breaks when they please or to refresh themselves in comfortable lounges equipped with kitchens and saunas...
That is one reason perhaps why she has always been ready to pack in a hurry and trot off as a last-minute replacement. "You get a call in Bonn at 11 a.m. to be in Vienna to do the performance that night. I wonder if I can refresh my memory of the opera in time. Sometimes I haven't sung it for a year or two. I may listen to a tape of the opera for 20 minutes or so to see what's left in my head." What's left is usually plenty, although last...
...efforts, the gritty good humor of President Nixon at his 61st birthday party was belied by his appearance. His complexion was pallid, and he looked haggard and weary. Clearly, the two weeks already spent in San Clemente had not, as hoped, begun to refresh his spirits or restore his vigor. The evidence of the President's weariness came as a particular jolt to some of his staffers: they literally had not seen him since his arrival...