Word: revealing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Haldeman's judgment easily prevailed over the President's in this discussion about whether or not to reveal the contents of Jeb Stuart Magruder's grand jury testimony...
...cover-up in April 1973 when Richard Kleindienst removed himself from the case because of his close ties to John Mitchell. Petersen's gravel-voiced testimony before the Ervin committee last summer was considered by many to be a virtuoso display of candor and integrity. The transcripts, however, reveal that Petersen was callously manipulated by the President, who even went so far as to boast to Ehrlichman and Ziegler, "I've got Petersen on a short leash...
...lines on the Malthusian chart are ominous: if the present birthrate continues, someday-perhaps as early as 2025-there will be more people than the earth can feed, given its present technology. Photos by earth satellites reveal that the world's most productive land is already cultivated, convenient water sources already tapped and nearly all grazing capacity already in use. Marine biologists worry that the sea, once regarded as a nearly unlimited source of cheap protein, has been overfished. To bring marginal farmland into use round the world would require a massive investment beyond the means of the underdeveloped...
...inspired legwork by the paper's Washington staff. Early Tuesday morning, a Trib jet carrying three editors and two printing superintendents took off for Dulles Airport, where a copy of the transcripts arrived at 8:30 a.m., six hours ahead of the regular distribution. Trib executives would not reveal how they got their early copy. Says Kirkpatrick: "We knocked on every door in Washington and finally found one that was slightly ajar." (The White House later admitted giving the Trib a head start because of the paper's plan to print the whole text...
...actors eventually reveal a desire to see some greatly anticipated fireworks-a pyrotechnical display that Bill insists be seen by the whole group. His insistence, coupled with the desires of Pat and Pam Stone's Jill to separate from the group, provide the degree of conflict necessary for the rest of the play's actions. Meanwhile, on the periphery, Jerry Colker beachcombs his way through the role of Frank, who joins Pat's and Jill's dissension, which leads to the destruction of the five's opening cameraderie...