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...Never. It is our job to watch them, not to be friends with them. --James Reston's column, June...
...JAMES RESTON has watched presidents from Roosevelt to Nixon, and while he has not been friends with them, he has offered them a great deal of friendly advice in his columns. Reston seems more cynical these days, but he is still holding tightly to those exalted American institutions--the Presidency and the Republic. Nixon still can lift himself out of the Watergate quagmire, Reston says; by revealing the truth, Nixon can save his weakened presidency. Even after the disclosure of an 18-minute gap in one of the Watergate tapes, Reston said that by inviting leaders of Congress...
Kennedy also persuaded Times columnist James Reston from printing a story about plans for the Bay of Pigs invasion just prior to the actual assault...
...Mathis, better known to friends and customers as Nat the Bush Doctor. Nat began his career with Afros, later switched to plaiting feathers and other ornaments into the hair of Washington's black entertainers. Recently, Nat began giving plait jobs to fad-conscious white housewives in suburban Reston...
...truth, Reston does not write puff pieces for the Veep. Rather, in most cases he seems inclined to give Agnew the benefit of the doubt. When asked if he could recall writing a single column strongly critical of Agnew, Reston said that he could not. He notes, however, that he and Agnew have "entirely a professional relationship. I've never had a meal with him. He's never been in my house, nor I in his." Press Secretary Thompson says that the Vice President admires Reston's "fairness" and adds: "They're friends...