Word: sams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ohio Republican Congressman Sam Devine, a former Columbus prosecutor, was on the yacht Sequoia with the President and eight other conservative congressional friends last week. Devine cast his courtroom eye over the man, looking for the signs of pressure. A little older all over, thought Devine. The crow's-feet around the eyes were deeper. Gray in the presidential eyebrows. He watched Nixon's hands, an old courtroom tactic. "No tremors at all," said Devine later. "His gestures were good. When the President talked, he looked me directly...
...posting their fourth consecutive triumph, jumped on New York starter Dick Tidrow for four runs in the second inning and nailed down the decision with six more in the third against Dave Pagan and Sam McDowell...
...late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, used to marvel at "those rolling waves of sentiment" that would occasionally engulf the House, abruptly establishing a solid consensus. Last week even Mister Sam might have been surprised at the swift surge of revulsion that swept both chambers of Congress. It came suddenly on Wednesday, eight days after the release of the presidential transcripts. The turn seemed to come with the gathering flow of mail running as much as 10-1 against the President, the opportunity for enough of the busy Congressmen finally to read through much of the transcripts...
Both Committee Chairman Sam Ervin and Vice Chairman Howard Baker, a Republican, said that they have faith in Dean's credibility. Special Prosecutor Jaworski continues to count Dean a key witness in the Watergate trials. In a way, the White House blitz on Dean seemed either a diversionary tactic or mere vindictiveness. Now that the evidence of the tapes is available, Dean's testimony is far less vital or relevant...
...Senator Sam Ervin. "[Expletive deleted] He's got Baker totally toppled over to him. Ervin works harder than most of our Southern gentlemen...