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...look up to or will look down to. And I can only say that I am very proud that President Eisenhower restored dignity and decency and, frankly, good language to the conduct of the presidency of the United States." The Nixon tapes, of course, later showed just how self-righteous that statement...
...vigilantes of Interstate 94 almost produced the opposite effect. As traffic backed up, drivers risked life and fender to pass the righteous threesome, climbing embankments and zooming along the shoulders. Once in front of their tormentors, some irate motorists immediately slowed to about 15 m.p.h. out of spite. "One semitrailer slammed on his brakes so fast he blew out a tire. I was lucky I didn't crash into him," recalled Lipski. "People got violent. We didn't expect them to try to kill us, but they did." When the procession reached Detroit it stretched half a mile...
...campaigner of the type we need. The President is not the attacker type, but Bob can do that kind of campaigning." He also can be abrasive and slashing to opponents, though his sense of humor alleviates some of the sting. Cracks Minnesota Republican Chairman Chuck Slocum: "We've got righteous Jimmy, dull Walter and stuffy Jerry. Bob Dole will add some zip to the campaign and prevent it from being dull...
...Georgia, is akin to the dilemma of a father "whose favorite son marries a girl you don't particularly like-you just do the best you can with it." More sympathetically, Guy Hunt, chairman of the Alabama delegation, agreed that "the church ain't just for the righteous. Sinners can come...
...broadcast into Russia and Eastern Europe, and Washington's public opposition to Communist participation in Western European governments, as violations of the Helsinki pledge of noninterference in other countries' affairs. Another complaint: the difficulty European Communists have in visiting the U.S. Concedes one U.S. official: "Our self-righteous position is not as credible as we'd like to think...