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...crowd. As Eaton and Cooney later told it, Nixon asked the man whether he was the boy's "mother or grandmother." Apparently puzzled, the man replied, "Neither." Peering for a closer look, the President replied, "Of course not," and gave what Eaton and Cooney described as "a light slap" to the man's face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Great Slap Flap | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...attacks the practice of "plea bargaining," under which he charges four witnesses against him in the Maryland grand jury proceeding were granted some form of immunity in exchange for their testimony, and in the next he attempts to justify his own plea of nolo contendere and acceptance of a slap-on-the-wrist sentence. This contrived arrangement represents plea bargaining at the highest level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 12, 1973 | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

PENN-YALE--The Quakers are smarting from last week's slap in the face by Harvard. Yale, of course, did not take kindly to a 24-13 thrashing by Dartmouth. Both teams have been filing their incisors for this one. They've got to kick, scratch and bite to stay alive in the Ivy title picture. The Quakers have sharper files. Penn 23, Yale...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 11/10/1973 | See Source »

...middle of the third quarter before Epstein slammed the nets with the first Engineer goal. Alan Efromson slap-handed another shot past Harvard freshman goalie Brent Haywood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Smashes MIT, 12-1; Eyes Regional Tourney Next | 10/24/1973 | See Source »

...president of a major university wears many hats, and like a politician, not all of what he says should be taken at face value. While Bok's remarks in June may have been ill-advised, it would be absurd to hold a student referendum to administer a collective slap on the wrist...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The CHUL Was Right | 10/17/1973 | See Source »

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