Word: sams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...members of the Senate committee headed by North Carolina Democrat Sam Ervin Jr. emphasized, the committee is not charged with determining the legal guilt of any individual. One of its purposes, declared Chairman Ervin, is to help dispel the Watergate-created "black cloud of distrust over our entire society." Most wholly in the shadow is the White House...
There will be much more drama ahead in the Senate Caucus Room as other witnesses face Sam Ervin's panel. In the first two days of hearings, the committee performed impressively. The seven Senators and two staff counsel displayed a commendable capacity to be both considerate of the witnesses and tough on vague answers. Lawyers all and unrestricted by courtroom rules of evidence, the interrogators constitute a fearsome array of antagonists for any witness who might try to sustain any lies. Equally merciless are the TV cameras, which reveal the slightest hesitation in answering or telltale signs of discomfort...
ONLY A FEW weeks ago, the University submitted to the Federal government a new and purportedly improved affirmative action proposal, its latest in a series of attempts to meet Uncle Sam's requirement for non-discriminatory hiring. But Harvard doesn't learn. So after another year and nearly a quarter of a million dollars, Harvard's proposal, replete with the prescribed utilization analysis, and its goals and timetables for hiring more women and minority group members, appears to be in jeopardy...
...accused in the Watergate scandal, none was elected to political office. Almost all were appointed by Nixon. A glance at the list of alleged conspirators recalls Sam Rayburn's grumble when he considered John F. Kennedy's best and brightest: "I'd feel a lot better about them if one of them had run for sheriff once...
...contest was marred by numerous mishaps caused by the constant rain. The 120-yd. hurdles were run with Yale's Steve McDonald apparently winning, but officials discovered that the hurdles had been set up wrong and that the race had to be repeated. On the second running. Harvard's Sam Butler came in first...