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...seems doubtful, though not impossible. Either way, Nixon's case does not improve much. Surely neither Miss Woods nor Bull would have acted alone unless to protect the President from his words on the tape. Indeed, the theory most helpful to Nixon is that Bull might have acted to shield his old boss, Haldeman...
...just-released report on a 65-member conference on "The First Amendment and the News Media" includes proposals for a federal shield law for journalists, the removal of government regulation over TV and radio program content, and greater access to government information...
...gathering called for a federal shield law to protect this privilege but emphasized the need for a broad-based law. "If Congress does not pass a broad shield law then no shield law should be passed," the members agreed...
...final hours, the duke was haunted by the realization that all too soon he would no longer be around to shield her. He was right: 17 months after his death, the widow of Windsor, 77, is a bored, lonely and sometimes ailing woman. The duchess continues her usual rounds of the couturiers, hairdressers and restaurants. But more and more she spends her dwindling evening hours with a detective story or TV. She reads the newspapers, French and English, from front to back. ("It is a bombshell world," she says, "full of violence and horror. I no longer understand or like...
...roommate followed, still nude. Now keep in mind the fact that this guy used to be a wrestler and was built like a dynamo; he was standing just across the room, reading a magazine on the bar, completely starkers, and in profile view. I quickly shifted my position to shield my crotch from any stray glances, and I started going bananas. I began to shake uncontrollably--arms, legs, stomach--because I was in the grip of two incontrollable forces. One: don't give yourself away. Two: attack him. If it were possible to get a hernia while sitting down...