Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coalition of groups here has called for a demonstration of opposition to Ford and the Nixon administration. Apart from his apparent non-involvement in the Watergate scandal, Ford has by his own account been an official representative of Nixon's administration and Nixon's most pernicious policies ever since he became vice president. During his 25 years in the House of Representatives, Ford stood for the same sorts of priorities the Nixon regime has always held. As a young congressman, Ford quickly won a reputation for trying to slash government expenditures--except for those involving space and "defense" programs. During...
...include four of the President's most intimate and influential former official and political associates. And by clear implication in the language of the indictment, the jurors disclosed their belief that the President has lied about at least one potentially criminal act of his own in the still-spreading scandal...
...former aide to President Nixon yesterday blamed the Watergate scandal on Nixon's reliance upon his staff--instead of cabinet members and other sources--for advice...
Hess also cited Nixon's mistrust of the inner workings of his administration as a harbinger of the Watergate scandal--"it is one step from spying on departments to spying on opponents...
...Cornnuts. In many ways, the district is a cross section of the U.S., with a varied mix of incomes and ethnic groups, a blue-collar class that is suffering from increasing unemployment and a not-so-silent majority that is outraged by inflation, long lines at gasoline stations and scandal in Washington. Seizing on this unrest, the Democrats made the election a referendum on President Nixon...