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...Executives, much less the illegal activities of Richard Nixon. His enemies' list, if he has one, must be the shortest on record. By his own behavior, he has blotted out the sordidness of the Nixon years. It was no inconsiderable achievement to free the Republican Party from the stigma of Watergate and deprive the Democrats of an issue they might have used for many years to come. Ford has, in effect, restored the presidency to the American people, and the response has been one of relief and gratitude...
...many such cases as any other law firm in the country. "People once thought bankruptcy was just for big companies like the Penn Central," says the folksy, Tennessee-born ex-FBI man. "Now it's for truck drivers, waitresses and the middle class. It has no more stigma than divorce...
Unfortunately, there is still a stigma attached to young boys' taking up ballet. A classroom of 30 students may include only one male. We are far behind Russia in this respect, but not in our quality. Your article, revealing the earning power of a top male dancer, will, I hope, coax more parents into sending their young sons to the dance barre...
...different things to different people. The Vietnamese can rebuild their country, on a new foundation of equality and independence, with time for the wounds the war has left to heal. For the American government that inflicted these wounds, the end of the war is a defeat, a humiliation, a stigma, to be minimized in the eyes of the world and forgotten as quickly as possible. But for all President Ford's admonitions that we put Vietnam behind us, we cannot forget it. Too many innocent people died there, too much of our knowledge of the United States and the world...
...play basketball here because I'm not impeded by the stigma any longer. Besides, it's a change of pace. If you play one sport all year round, it needs some refreshing," Muscatine said...