Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hard-Nosed. A few suspect that Kissinger wanted to solidify his position with the President by proving that he could be just as "hard-nosed" as White House Aides Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Such a desire would derive naturally from Kissinger's past career at the White House. Trapped between the hostility of Haldeman and Ehrlichman, who distrusted any signs of independence, and the jealousy of State Department officials who resented his power and success, Kissinger has been a target of sniping ever since he joined the Administration. He has tried on three separate occasions to resign. Each...
...Martin County only 22 days before he was arrested on the assault charge. After becoming a suspect in the Place-Jessup murders, he told Schwarz, "I'm sick, and I hope to God you can get me help...
While the talks went on, Beirut remained under martial law. At the end of the dusk-to-dawn curfew, traffic snarled into monster tangles at checkpoints, as soldiers scanned cardboard lists of suspect license numbers. Crowds were forbidden to gather, and even the pinball parlors (the latest craze in Beirut) were closed. In a government security drive, scores of people were arrested. The government also deported hundreds of foreigners, mostly Syrians, who lacked residence permits...
...scans a speech manuscript through a large magnifying glass on the breezy terrace with Speer looking over his shoulder. He looks up. "Very interesting," the Führer remarks, in a line straight out of Laugh-In. Hitler's doctor appears; he describes how he has come to suspect a link between smoking and lung cancer. "Disgusting," the patient snaps. Nobody is at ease with him. Goebbels, rigidly clasping an umbrella pole, hastily jettisons a cigarette stub when Hitler appears...
Some politicians and bureaucrats suspect that the shortage was contrived by the oil companies to force prices up and impress Congress with the need to authorize a pipeline to the oilfields of Alaska. The Federal Trade Commission is looking into oil-company marketing practices. Connecticut Attorney General Robert K. Killian has subpoenaed distributors of five major oil companies to explain why gasoline is scarce. And California Assembly Speaker Robert Moretti has set three legislative committees to work investigating the oil industry...