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...Leonard has been determined not to be thwarted in efforts to put the institute finally on its feet, and when the administration's design for the research facility became the focus of a concerted attack last spring he adopted a "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" strategy to stave off challenges to his conception of what DuBois should...
Presidential Economics Adviser Kenneth Rush and Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz huddled with cattlemen, meat packers and chain-store operators to explore ways to bring down the retail price of meat and stave off bankruptcies in the cattle industry. They urged the retailers to cut prices further to move meat off the shelves and into shopping baskets. Retailers indicated that they would cooperate, and Butz tried some sales promotion of his own. In a deliberately mixed-up metaphorical exhortation to consumers, he exclaimed: "Now is a whale of a good time to stock your home freezers with beef...
...Secretary Ronald Ziegler called Nixon's welcome "the greatest in my six years with the President." He meant no irony, but home was never like this, and the President's aides were convinced that the accolades abroad would strengthen Nixon's hand in his battle to stave off impeachment...
This week loomed among the most fateful yet in Richard Nixon's year-long struggle to salvage his presidency and stave off impeachment. He had until Tuesday to reply to the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena of 42 tapes relating to his role in Watergate, a deadline oft-deferred but now inescapable. In preparation, as he had done in past crises, he retreated to the quiet of Camp David to work out his response on his long yellow legal pads. The best indications were that it would be an attempt, aimed at the American people, to justify...
Tight Rein. At the same time, the lifting of the Arab oil embargo and early signs of renewed strength in the economy have shifted the Federal Reserve's attention away from trying to stave off a recession to quelling inflation-even at the cost of towering interest rates. For example, though the Federal Reserve does not appear to be holding an excessively tight rein on the money supply, it has shown itself increasingly unwilling to open up enough to accommodate the upsurge in loan demand. For the three weeks ending April 3, the last date for which figures...