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This sudden visibility on Nixon's part suggests that, 14 years after his resignation in disgrace due to the sweeping Watergate scandals, he is finally assuming the elder statesman status he has sought for so long. And people are letting him--they seem to forget why he resigned and the incredible significance of his actions...
...never be any way of knowing the full truth because he will never tell us. Nixon is a man who wants to vindicate his place in history. Escaping prosecution, however, has allowed him to be in the improved position he is now. If Nixon is accepted as an elder statesman, the lessons on the corruption of power that Watergate supposedly taught us will be lost...
...exhort any slackers, N.R.B. leaders brought in Elder Statesman Billy Graham for some stem winding before the decision was made. "The foundations of religious broadcasting are being tested," declared the evangelist. "Our greatest need is moral integrity!" But the broadcasters required little prodding. "All of them recognize they cannot permit another bombshell to explode at their feet," observed Jeffrey Hadden, a University of Virginia sociologist. One index of public discontent: a poll by the Williamsburg Charter Foundation last week showed that 40% of Americans think it should be illegal for preachers to raise money...
...MAHABHARATA A 9 1/2-hour adaptation by Peter Brook, elder statesman of the avant-garde, of the great Hindu antiwar epic. Inevitable longueurs and some uncertain English from a polyglot cast, but spellbinding ritual and visual metaphor...
With his full head of silver hair, his impeccably tailored pinstripe suits and his still trim figure, he certainly looked the part of the quintessential elder statesman. But he is no mere ornament in this, the seventh of the Administrations he has served. "I've advised every President since Roosevelt," said Nitze last week. "And all, to some extent, have sought and taken that advice." That pointedly includes Ronald Reagan. As special adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nitze played a key, sometimes controversial part in crafting last week's treaty on intermediate- range nuclear...